Contents

  1. I. Earth Awareness in Contemporary Art

  2. II. Large-Scale Interactive Installations

    1. 1. Kara Walker

    2. 2. Ai Weiwei

  3. III. The Body in Art: Artist Entry 1

    1. 3. The Body in Art: Artist Entry 2

  4. IV. The sincerest form of flattery? Influence vs Imitation

    1. 4. Lillian F Schwartz

    2. 5. Sherrie Levine

  5. V. Music's Role in Contemporary Art

  6. VI. Contemporary Art Around the World

    1. 6. Art After the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979

    2. 7. Russia and The Post-Soviet World

    3. 8. Contemporary Mexican American Art: Themes and Intentions

    4. 9. Eric Almanza

    5. 10. Erika Harrsch

    6. 11. Chinese Contemporary Art

  7. VII. Urgent Themes in Contemporary Art

    1. 12. Water Pollution Popsicles

    2. 13. Mermaids Hate Plastic

    3. 14. Earth Awareness in Contemporary Art

    4. 15. The Body in Art

  8. VIII. New Formats for Contemporary Art

    1. 16. Music's Role in Contemporary Art

    2. 17. Takashi Murakami

    3. 18. Frank Ocean

    4. 19. Bibliography

    5. 20. Insight on Site-Specificity

    6. 21. The World of Fan-Art: Fan Art as a Contemporary Art Form

    7. 22. Skateboarding and its Influence on Contemporary Culture

    8. 23. Fashion Entry 1

  9. IX. Historical Moments Shaping Contemporary Art

    1. 24. Postmodern Feminism

    2. 25. Barbara Kruger

    3. 26. Guerilla Girls

  10. Appendix