When we start to think of the meaning: what is art: we might end up in ambiguity. Here I would be specific and use the term of art to visual things or paintings. In this article I would like to fuse the various schools of art and relate it all to the most supreme God Jehovah Jesus.

Realism

God is the most magnificent realist. With the ethos of skill and with talent of art, he has crafted the universe with the billions of galaxies, the stars and the cosmic black holes. He has created the Heavens and the Earth. He has also created all that flies and all that swims, also all that walk on land and also the depths of the oceans. He has also as an artist he has made man and woman in his own image. After the fall when man became sexually aware of sin, he gave them the beauty of sex to make man and woman united as one fruit. Sex is the most beautiful form of art to be conjugally procreated. In spite of the fallen Adam and Eve, he blessed them with the blessedness of being united as one fruit.

Impressionism

What is impressionism? In art it’s the hazy scattering of colors on the canvas. Where is God standing as an impressionistic artist? The dawn of dawn and dusk with a brilliant display of colors is classic example of heavenly impressionism. The artists have merely copied this from the sky. Yes, Van Gogh’s painting: the scattering of seeds by a farmer comes from the parables told by Jesus. Even Gauguin’s painting where do we come from and where do we go bears the story of the cosmic literature of creation and destiny.

Cubism

Cubism is associated with the art maestro Picasso. Notable is his Guernica. How can we field God as Cubist. The shapes that the clouds take are abstract and relate to the extravagance of God being a Cubist. God has brilliantly portrayed the sky with fantasy of cubist art.

Surrealism

Surrealism is related to Dali. God has populated the night sky with an adornment of stars that twinkle in the gossip of mirth and that forms a classical example of surrealism. Watching the flowing brook is another example of being in tune with nature. So too we feel a cathartic joy when we see mist rising up from the Hills.

Yes, God Jehovah Jesus is an artist par excellence.

Art is such a simple term but it is difficult to define. To a child, art is drawing and coloring. For celebrities, art is acting and entertaining. For designers, art is trend and fashion. The definition of art can be very objective.

Different sectors have their own definition of art. They have various standards too. For a mother, the drawings of her children are works of art. For museums, art is the genuine creation of a significant artist in the past.

Just like its definition, its significance also varies. There are various forms of art today, and each is important to the artist involved. A good example is a musician. Music is a good example of art. That is why singers are called artists. For a songwriter, each song has a story that he wants the people to hear. For most writers, this is very personal.

For various artists, art is way of expressing themselves. You may have seen an abstract oil painting, although you cannot recognize the patterns and strokes of the artists, it is very important for the painter. For him, it represents his emotion and his character. It can symbolize his anger and frustration. However, it can also represent his love and compassion. Anyone who sees it can also use it to represent how they feel. Strokes and colors can evoke certain emotions from other people. This is why most people want to buy pieces of artwork.

For others, it represents their dreams. The television today has produced several competitions that opened the doors for various dreamers. There are dancers across the country who lined up to audition because all their life they wanted to dance in front of an audience who appreciates what they can do. Many have gone to school to enhance their skills so that they can be among the best dancers in the world.

Like music, dancing is a form of art that can evoke various feelings. Aside from love, dances can also evoke sensuality, excitement, fun, passion, anger, and happiness. Art here is more than entertainment and talent. It is more of touching people lives through their moves and choreography.

Today, art also symbolizes comfort. You can see art in many beautiful and comfortable homes. Interior designers are also artists in many ways. They match things to provide a wonderful space for their client. Seeing the overwhelming reactions of their clients gives them satisfaction. To them, that is the most rewarding feeling.

Art has also transcended in foods. Many cooks and chefs have proven this. Some maybe predictable but others are like the abstract oil painting. You do not care what is in there as long as you like the taste. For them, being able to feed and satisfy their customers is all that matters.

Art is very significant in today’s generation. Since it has taken various forms, it has earned the respect of almost all the artists. Musicians respect their instruments. Painters respect their brushes, paints, and canvass. And, chefs respect their ingredients and utensils.

Art is significant because of the sense of fulfillment an artist feels every time he finishes a masterpiece.

There are several good and relevant traits or qualities that a senior high school student who has studied the Visual Art programme is expected to cultivate. Some of these qualities are discussed below.

1. Resourcefulness:

A resourceful person is able to utilise fully the resources available in his environment in achieving greater things. Through the visual art programme, the learner is trained on how to rely on the available art tools, materials and equipment in his environment to produce creative and useful products. They learn to understand the need to be self-sufficient. Even when resources are scarce, they try to rely on the few ones that are available for the production of artefacts that addresses the needs of the society.

2. Practical Oriented:

The visual art programme is practically based and therefore assists its learners to acquire practical skills needed in solving most of the challenges that face the job market today. These practical activities also help in exercising the body and always keeping it healthy.

3. Good Citizen:

The visual artist is trained to produce works of art for the benefit of his or her society and the nation at large. This helps the artist in exercising his civic rights and responsibilities, making him a good citizen.

4. Imaginative:

A visual art student is supposed to be highly imaginative, being able to generate a lot of new ideas from his environment both from animate and inanimate objects.

5. Observant:

For the artist to be able to depict drawings of scenery as accurately as they are he has to be observant. He is expected to produce works of art to communicate his observations to the general public. He should be alert to changes in his environment so that he can communicate them clearly in his works.

6. Manageable:

The need to manage personal resources to achieve optimum satisfaction in life can be met by acquiring practical skills in planning and organisation through art. Through the application of such skills to his personal resources, the learner is better able to manage his or her resources.

7. Scientifically and Technologically Knowledgeable:

The learner is trained on how to apply scientific knowledge in life. This comes about as the learner works with tools, materials and processes. He applies basic scientific knowledge in their use, handling and care.

The learner also applies technological knowledge in the production of his artefacts. This enables him to produce his artefacts at a faster rate and in mass quantities. Learners are taken through how to use modern technological tools and machinery for their artistic productions.

8. Peaceable:

Skills needed to build a healthy family and human relationships are reflected in art activities. Contrasting elements of design such as line, shape, texture, etc. are well organised into pleasant relationships. This enables the learner to be able to live in peace with people of diverse cultures.

9. Creative:

The student is expected to develop the ability in bringing something new into existence. This can be acquired through organization and exploration of art materials, tools and techniques in achieving varied effects. Also, creative thinking is developed when the learner engages in systematic problem-solving activities such as identifying, selecting, composing and analysing of ideas for the creation of artefacts.

10. Sociable:

The student is expected to be friendly with people that he/she interacts with in the society. This can be achieved if the student engages in leisure and recreational activities like visiting art exhibition, galleries, museums, national parks etc.

11. Appreciate:

The student should appreciate the nation’s cultural heritage. This can be done through acquiring knowledge in art history, appreciation and criticism of artefacts. These activities will help the student in understanding the meanings and usefulness of the arts so as to better appreciate them.

12. Self-Discipline:

Preliminary designing and planning is given special importance in the visual art programme. This quality is very relevant since it helps artists to be truthful, always meeting deadlines for the completion of projects and appointments.

13. Patience:

The need to be tolerant and long-suffering is emphasised in the visual art programme. Through the careful organisation of art forms and precise depictions of works of art, the learner cultivates a waiting attitude or patience. This helps him to cope with the stress and strains of life.

One of the most of

fascinating Hollywood legends is the discovery of film actress Lana Turner at the soda fountain in Schwab’s drug store in Hollywood, by director Mervyn Le Roy in 1936.

Wikipedia tells a different story, saying that Turner was discovered by The Hollywood Reporter publisher, William Wilkerson, not at Schwab’s, but at the Top Hat Café.

Nevertheless, this legendary story gave rise to the American myth that “anybody can be discovered, anyone can be successful because of a stroke of luck and the right connections.”

However, Turner’s online biography states: “She wasn’t found at a drugstore counter like some would have you believe, but that legend persists. She pounded the pavement as other would-be actresses have done, are doing, and will continue to do in search of movie roles.”

She wasn’t even born with the name Lana Turner; her given name was Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner (try putting that on a movie poster).

Turner, one of the greatest Hollywood beauties, had a film career that spanned 48 years.

Why all this interest in Lana, Turner?

I think it’s the confluence of the Academy Awards show on Sunday night and a meeting I had with a client last week.

At the Oscars, I was inspired by the hard work and dedication of the many nominees who had worked, sometimes for decades, before being recognized for their excellence.

My client, who is a brilliant consultant with many professional credentials and accolades, also inspires me. She is smart, committed, and hard working.

But I think she might be working a little too hard on hoping to be discovered by the right person.

For her, this means making connections with influential people who ­- she hopes – will refer her to new clients.

It’s wonderful to be referred by others who are more established, successful, and visible. And this approach to marketing can sometimes work when played as a long game.

But if you put most of your attention on these hoped-for referrals, you may not spend enough time connecting directly with prospective clients right now.

Pounding the pavement is certainly not romantic, but it’s infinitely more practical.

Advice to my client:

Keep an eye out for long-term referral partners, but put most of your effort into connecting with, speaking to, and meeting with those who can buy your professional services today.

Cheers, Robert

P.S. This is a paraphrase of a quote by Lana Turner:

“If you don’t approach clients, you’re called aloof, if you do, you’re a hustler. If you don’t talk, you’re dumb. If you do talk you’re aggressive. Pardon me while I update my website.”

See Lana Turner Quotes

We all are witnessing the changes being made in the art these days. Technology has the power to change anything. It is changing the traditional art into digital art.

Amazing digital art has taken place of traditional art. Digital art is exploring itself in many different ways that one can imagine. Different software is developed to increase the presence of digital art.

Photoshop Artists are one of the most common digital artists who give an amazing look to a picture with the help of imaging software and different applications.

These applications are developed with the help of technology. Anyone can be a digital artist having knowledge and proficiency in Photoshop.

Difference between traditional artists and digital artists is that traditional artists use paint and cement for their art and digital artists use imaging software and applications in their art. Some of the applications have the power to create 3D art work.

Technology has taken art into a new level of creativity. Let us talk about how technology has changed traditional art into digital art. We know that internet is ruling the world with its power. So, artists decided to present their art online with the help of internet. This is possible with use of technology.

You must have seen art galleries and attended painting exhibitions in your life. These doesn’t work well these days so artists find a way where they can get more attention and more praise for their work. Most of the artistic stuff is now seen online and is circulated to the art lovers.

There are some places where exhibitions are held and we do respect them. But presenting paintings, sculptures and art work online is in trend. Some of the artists are also showing their art on the basis of card swipe panel or coins.

How this work – when you enter coins or swipe card in the panel, the panel shows you some of the art work for a few minutes and then gets closed and if you want to see it again or explore more, further you need to swipe your card or add coins into it. This is how artists are using technology.

How digital artists are using technology for their art work

Digital artists already in touch with technology are aware of the systems that are in trend and use them to create their art work and sell them online.

Some of the professional digital artists are earning a lot of bucks by selling their art work. They can also design the ones that you want and are also ready to make any modifications you need.

They use different software to explore their skills and made it more impressive. They are using technologies that offer new ways to express their art work in a realistic way for much more time.

They are using different types of media and mix them to provide a more creative art work. Their 3D art work looks as real as it is present live in front of you.

Technology not only brings changes in education, medical field, industry and business but also brings a huge change in the art work and the artists as well.

Technology opens different paths for the artists to enter into for a good earning. They made their profession more powerful along with their art work.

In our busy lives we hardly get time to meet each other and our loved ones. How can it be possible to see exhibitions and galleries? So technology has brought this change in the art workers to show their skills and talent to people from anywhere in the world.

Technology is getting advanced and making more useful for the common man as well as artists. Technology has provided us with several things that we should be thankful. One of them is digital art work.

Ask many people who work or serve on a nonprofit board and a lot of times you’re going to hear a consistent theme. Often, board members don’t have a thorough understanding about how to adequately serve on a nonprofit board, and unfortunately, many organizations don’t have the resources to hire trainers to help people with good intentions to become effective leaders.

The reality is that serving well on a nonprofit board is a bit of an art and indeed a privilege that comes with responsibilities, including legal and regulatory obligations. Board members should always view themselves as a representative of the community and a bridge to the nonprofit organization where you serve. Because board members are considered to have a special status and position when they help lead nonprofits, they should be aware of what not to do to ensure they are performing appropriately.

• Serving Is Not a Hobby: Serving on a nonprofit board can have benefits for board members because people meet like-minded peers. For instance, you may well encounter individuals who will help you in your career or business as you develop new relationships with them during meetings and events. However, it’s always important to remember that the main reason you’re serving on a board is that although there are soft benefits that could potentially come with the role, your primary focus has got to be to provide the charity with your time, talent and money. Serving on a nonprofit board is a serious responsibility and requires commitment and attention to ensure that you’re bringing your “A game” to the cause.
• It’s Not Just About the Mission: Every organization should focus on the mission, of course, but it’s not only about the cause. It is essential for board members to be fluent and conversant on the mission, vision, statistics, facts, stories and strategic plan of the organization. The mission is just one element of the whole picture, and board members should understand it at a high level, primarily when they are engaged with others outside of the organization. When board members go out to meet with donors and prospects, the executive director or a fundraiser typically accompanies them. Team members can explain, give details and provide more color to the words and conversations of a board member, but each board leader should work to be fluent enough about the organization and its work to be able to participate in a substantive discussion.
• Don’t Leave Nonprofit Policy to Chance: Board members are responsible for ensuring the development, implementation, and adherence to organizational policies. We live in a world of transparency, and it’s simple in the digital age for something that can be well-intentioned to get out of hand–and not in a good way. In other words, people can be quick to judge and pile on when they see something that has become a viral issue of some kind. The best defense for any situation is a great offense. Board members have a responsibility for ensuring that management and appropriate organizational advisors in law and financial management prepare documentation that is reviewed and updated as needed annually. The policy documents that are essential for any nonprofit business include donor privacy, email retention, whistleblower, conflict of interest, document destruction, discrimination and sexual harassment policies.
• There is No Free Ride: The reality is that carrying out an organization’s mission and the work it does in its programs takes money. It’s also necessary to hire the most talented individuals to ensure that a team can adequately plan and execute the required work. That means money is a necessity for any nonprofit. Board members have a legal and fiduciary responsibility to the organization where they serve. They must ensure that a nonprofit has the resources it needs to complete its mission, and one of the most significant needs a nonprofit has is money. Therefore, board members should understand that there should be 100% board commitment to annual giving based on the financial capacity of each board member. Those who have higher means can give more and one of the best rules to use for board fundraising is “give or get,” which means you give it from your pocket or you raise it from others. Board members need to be aware that donors (particularly institutional funders) ask about board donations and if you can’t demonstrate board commitment to the cause, why should anyone else want to give?
• Micro-Management Does Not Work: Key aspects of work by board members is to oversee the overall strategy and planning, ensuring of resources, approving of organizational budgets, alignment to the mission of the organization’s programs and services and executive director performance. What the board should not be doing is micro-managing an organization, second-guessing the executive director or management team or getting involved with routine staffing issues. Let’s look at it another way; when businesses have company boards, members understand that they have a role for oversight and governance. They do not work in the day-to-day affairs of the corporation. Nonprofits are businesses, and board members should understand that unless they are dealing with a crisis, their role is for governance and oversight and not to get into the management details and operations of the organization–that’s the role of management.
• Orientation and Board Assessments Are Not Sidebars: One of the essential activities that any board should do is to reflect a mirror on itself. It begins by having new board members undergo an orientation, either individually as they join or as part of an annual board orientation so that they can understand good governance. Let’s face it; most people are not experts on nonprofit roles and responsibilities of the board. If you want your charity to grow and develop into a sustaining organization, it begins with leadership at the top. You have to orient board members on their responsibilities with the board and also their assigned committees. And, more broadly, it’s essential to have an annual board meeting that assesses the performance of the board. Organizations should budget a consultant or facilitator with coming to work with them once a year to evaluate board performance, which is often done during a board retreat and with tools that include surveys, workshops and other assessment, training and evaluation tools.

Non-profit board members all have different reasons for serving a given group. Of course, there should always be a passion and interest in the mission and work done by the charity. It should never be assumed that board members will know or understand their work. Nonprofit leaders have a responsibility to ensure that they have a properly working organization and if the chairperson of the board is not speaking about proper board governance, then executive directors should not be timid and must bring up the topic.

Step 1: Pop Art Vector

To start out our pop art vector tutorial, we will start from a line drawing of the face in close up. This line drawing could be with simple strokes, nothing too complicated.

Next, we’ll create the shadows with objects filled with solid black. Use the Pen Tool (P) to draw the objects and try to give volume and movement to the illustration. Take a special look at how we drew the hair strokes and the shadow under the chin.

Step 2

Choose the colors you’d like to use in your pop art vector illustrations. I chose the typical colors used in pop art illustrations to make a more obvious effect, but you can choose the colors that better represent your photo (if you made the drawing from a photo) or illustration.

Step 3

Next, we’ll create the swatches for the dots background of the objects.

We need the grid guideline to make the dots swatch for every color. Reveal the grid by going to View > Show Grid. Make sure you have “Snap to Grid” enable. Go to View > Snap Grid to check if it’s enabled. If it has a check mark next to it, it’s enabled. If it doesn’t, click to enable.

Draw two circles with the Ellipse Tool (L). Hold the Shift key while drawing the ellipse to constrain the proportions and create the circle. The space between the circles would determine the predominant color in the swatch. The closer the circles are, the more predominant the circle’s color would be the background color. Also, the more space the dots have, the more noticeable they would be to the human eye. In this tutorial, I’d like them to be pretty noticeable.

Step 4

Now duplicate the two circles and rotate them 90 degrees using the Rotate Tool (R). Click and hold the Shift key to rotate in increments of 45 degrees. Next, draw a square with the Rectangle Tool (M) where each side goes through the circles’ center point.

Step 5

Duplicate four times each set of square + dots, one for each color that our illustration has. Now fill each set of circles with the colors of our illustration. Finally, fill the square with white. Now we are ready to create the swatches from this elements! Select the first square with the circles inside and go to Edit > Define Pattern. Name your swatch if you’d like, and click OK to create the swatch. Repeat the process for the other colors. You’ll see the new swatches available in the Swatches Panel.

Step 6

Replace the colors of the objects in our illustration with the new swatches. Select each object and click on the corresponding swatch in the Swatch Panel. Definitely starting to look like a pop art vector!

If you are unhappy with the way any of the swatches look as patterns in your illustration, you can play with the background color to create other tones.

Step 7

Now we are going to take care of the strokes used to give expression to the face. This is single strokes with no fill. There are some for the nose profile, cheeks, forehead, etc. Open the brushes panel (Window > Brushes) and click on the top right icon to reveal its menu. Select Open Brush Library > Artistic > Artistic_Ink.

A new panel will appear. Now select one of the strokes and click on the bottom brush named “Tapered Stroke” in the panel we just opened. Do the same with the rest of the strokes. I applied the brush to all of my elements in the illustration to have the edges between them perfectly aligned.

Step 8

If the brush for the expression lines is too wide or too thin (depends on the size of your illustration), you can adjust the brush width. Go to the brush panel where you’ll find the brush you use for the expression lines. When you select a brush in any of the brush library panels, it’s added automatically to the main Brush Panel. Double click on the brush and in the Width slider, move the arrow to the left to make the stroke thinner or to the right to make them wider. Click OK when you’re finished.

Well, when it comes to making a decision in choosing the right rug for your home, it’s of prime importance that you are aware of the rug materials and their features. Judging on the fibre and its characteristics, your rug will have certain attributes which will make it fit for specific requirements.

Today we are going to discuss about viscose yarn and how they endow certain features to the carpets. They are one of the most expensive rug materials in the industry and they can be compared with the New Zealand wool as far as price is concerned.

It’s hard to put viscose fibre in either man-made or natural because it is equally both. Regenerating natural materials into a usable form, this is how viscose fibre is made. Created by mercerizing-wood, hemp or cotton, the fabric is non-static, plush with silk-like texture. In modern days, most of the rugs are treated to give a luxurious feel with high lustier and sheen for added visual appeal in any room.

Before moving into the detailing part and knowing the fibre closely to judge how it will be suitable for your new rug, it’s important that you should be aware about its origin and how did it come to become this popular.

First developed in France in the 1890s, Viscose Rayon was named as ‘artificial silk’. It was 1924 when it was officially adopted by the textile industry. In the same year, it was named ‘rayon’. The fabric is made from wood pulp. Wood pulp is a naturally occurring cellulose-based raw material which is why the fabrics entertain properties similar to natural fibres like cotton and linen.

The construction type is hand tufted for most of the rugs using viscose as the manufacturing material. The only downside of this amazingly superb fibre is the cost. It is on the expensive side due to the intense processes required before making it ready for the carpet industry. Some high-end viscose fibre may match the prices of New Zealand wool.

Key Characteristics

1. It offers amazing lustrous and shiny appearance to the carpets leading to the enhanced visual appeal.

2. The fabric is soft to touch. It has a similar feel to silk which is the reason why it’s called artificial silk.

3. The fabric is breathable which means it allows a fine passage for the air to pass through.

4. The fabric takes colours well and easily dyes in different colours.

5. It is abrasion resistant

6. It is insect resistant. So, if you have these tiny monsters in your home, you don’t need to worry about your carpet as they resist insects.

7. The fabric is anti-static

8. When the fabric is wet, it loses its strength

9. Poor stain resistance

Well, if you are a big silk lover, then viscose is a great choice and alternative for you without even spending the cost of the real silk. Rugs made of viscose rayon are extremely soft and luxurious and they feel like real silk. They offer amazing flickering sheen to the carpets and look stunning in the right home.

It is strongly recommended not scrub or disturbs the pile when it is wet as the fabric loses its strength when wet. You may end up causing a serious damage to your carpet. This is one of the reasons why it is extremely difficult to wash.

When you look at a band saw it can be quite an intimidating piece of butchery equipment, especially to the general public. It is a large piece of equipment that stands tall, takes up quite a bit of space and has this long saw that runs vertically and unimaginably fast. It takes skill to handle and use a band saw.

It is not wise to use a band saw if you don’t know how it works. A skilled butcher needs to train an apprentice first before they can use it confidently. There is a lot that needs to be considered when using this butcher equipment. The apprentice must understand the band saw structurally and learn how it works. Most large butcheries will have a floor standing band saw such as the Butcherquip Floor Standing Band Saw. Such a unit would be quite large weighing at 220 kilograms and very tall at 1.8 metres. The blade is 2845 millimetres long and 16 millimetres wide, plus the blade moves up and down with immense speed. It has cast iron saw wheels and heavy duty scrapers on both wheels. The metal guides support the blades and the tension scraper assemblies keep the blade free from debris. Seeing such a piece of butchery equipment for the first time can create a sense of apprehension in a young apprentice.

The young apprentice must be taught the exact dimensions of the band saw and have a good sense of spatial awareness. The butcher must show the apprentice how the blade moves and the speed it moves it at. He must be shown and understand how the metal guides and cast iron saw wheels work. The movement of the machine must be studied and respected. At first, the apprentice must approach the band saw with great care when placing a piece of meat on the unit. With steady hands and slow movement he should move the meat closer to the blade, whilst keeping his hands and fingers clear of the moving blade. Steadily, he should slide the meat through the blade.

Professional butchers have years of experience when it comes to using band saws so they are able to slice the meat quickly and effortlessly. They are well aware of the capability of this butchery equipment and they understand how dangerous it can be if they lose their sense of awareness while using it. When a butcher uses this machine, they must be one hundred percent focussed and not be distracted by anything whatsoever. Safety must be practiced each time one of these machines is used.

Art is defined in the Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary Tenth Addition as skill acquired by experience, study or observation. In other words art can be described as seen through the eyes of the beholder. Many forms of art have appeared over the years and newer more abstract art of modern days is often described as contemporary art.

Art over the centuries has taken on many forms. From Leonardo DaVinci to Jim Morrison, art can be determined by the desire of others to enjoy a particular form. People have been collecting famous works of art for a long time. Today many new artists skilled from personal experience have been sharing their view of beauty throughout the world.

With society changing everyday the evolution of art has become a source of particular negative views. More and more contumacy artist are making their works available to the public and as the world changes so does the view of art.

Today’s generation of adults have experienced much political and social change, making a great amount of expressive ideas to take the form as art. Although different people can view different things while looking at art, many people have changed the form of the canvas. For example, tattooing has become increasingly popular in the twenty first century. People have discovered they can express themselves by way of a permanent tattoo on their skin. When you see someone with tattoos all over their skin you may begin to form an opinion of an undesirable person.

However, if you should sit down with a person who has many tattoos on their body you may hear a beautiful story of struggle, heartache, love or even accomplishment. People have begun to put the feelings and life views out as an artful expression in the form of a tattoo.

Another form of contemporary art is the canvas paintings and photographic expressions of an abstract nature. With so many different opinions on what is and what is not art, the artists of today are not afraid to show more impressions of the unrest over the last century. The art is more real and sometimes more graphic. Due to the graphic and sometimes explicit paintings and sculptures in recent years people struggle to find a freedom through art. Art museums and exhibits are often censored for the public. Private viewings have become the norm for explicit expressions of art.

Thanks to the variety of impressions of the world around us we can view artistic expressions in raw forms. The social and political struggles in life prove to be a place for observation of the human race that deems different styles and expressions of contemporary art. Never before in history has there been more variety of expressive art shown in contemporary art.