Artists and the relationship between artist and audience In their respective time/ context

Over the last 40 years artists have been persistently pushing the boundaries of art ideologies such as values, traditions and limitations. By interpreting the world around them in new ways visually artists could challenge established cultural traditions. With the use of new technology these artists are able to explore an idea which previously was thought of as un-artistic, making new dimensions in the art world possible.

Many traditional artists claimed that these art catalysts were unskilled or not ‘genuine’ artist because they lacked high painting, drawing or sculpting technique.
Forces like the First and Second World War were both bringing depressions and poverty in numerous nations causing various artists of the era to change and develop new emotions and perceptions on their outlook of the world and society in which they lived.
Groups began to arise which challenged traditional art and its conformities. Groups like the ‘Angry Penguins’, ‘Gorilla Girls” and the ‘D...