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Art expands beyond traditional forms, embracing new media, global perspectives, and ideas that challenge how art is created and experienced.

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Video Art

c. 1960s–present

Video Art emerged with the availability of portable recording equipment. Artists explored time, repetition, performance, and mass media imagery. The medium allowed for new forms of storytelling and critique. Video installations often integrate sound, space, and multiple screens.

Walking in an Exaggerated Manner Around the Perimeter of a Square

Bruce Nauman

1967

Video documenting repetitive bodily movement as sculptural action.

The Crossing

Bill Viola

1996

Slow-motion video installation exploring destruction and transcendence.

TV Buddha

Nam June Paik

1974

Video installation exploring self-observation and technology.

Western Art
AD 1950-present
AD 1800-1950
AD 1400-1800
3000 BC - A.D. 1400
Asian Art
AD 1950-present
AD 1800-1950
AD 1400-1800
3000 BC - AD 1400
Ancestral Art
AD 1900-present
AD 1800-1900
AD 1400-1800
40000 BC - AD 1400