Contemporary Art - Timeless Art Form of Today and Tomorrow

Investing professional Jacinto Solivellas de Oleza serves as a senior board member and partner for Olesis Management, where he provides strategic consultation to clients worldwide. In his spare time, Jacinto Solivellas de Oleza maintains a collection of works from contemporary artists and contributes to a number of galleries and museums that promote contemporary art.

In its most technical sense, contemporary art consists of any work produced by a living artist. Its broad definition leaves it open to include artworks created through mediums and materials that range from paintings to photography. In addition, some art history professionals argue that all works of art were once contemporary pieces during the time of their creation. However, art historians, curators, and critics may define contemporary based on their own set of criteria, which tends to vary by career profession. While art historians may consider pieces dating back to World War II as contemporary, most critics and curators have a much shorter time-frame of six months to 10 years.

Contemporary art’s relationship to time and culture leads some art professionals to consider it a timeless, ever-shifting form. In the mid-1800s, artists began introducing the term avant-garde to contemporary and modern art, which emphasized innovation and originality in future works. With the advent of new technologies and techniques, contemporary art is always evolving.