The Changing Art-World

Since the beginning of the 20th century,the visual arts have undergone significant change, with unprecedented transformations in character, identities, structures, and perceptions of what it mean to be an artist. The category of VISUAL ARTS now encompasses a wide range of works, from painting, sculpture, to hybrid forms in previously unthinkable materials: human body in performance, invisible matter ( gas ), energy, large scale projects and earthworks in remote landscapes or urban centers, interventions in social and political institutions, computer and other electronics works, postcards, record, video, etc.