Like a Pop artist he toys with clichés of popular psychedelia, implying that its transcendence fantasy is as much an artifact of contemporary society as, say, fantasy football.
— Somini Sengupta 'The Last Pictures' Launches With EchoStar XVI Satellite Creative Time | A rocket lifted off today bearing "what may be the longest-lasting material artifact of contemporary civilization".
The Frost Art Museum's Permanent Collection consists of a broad array of art objects from ancient cultural artifacts to contemporary works of art.
An exhibit at New York's Omi International Arts Center, titled "Vote for Me and I'll Set You Free," is bringing together a collection of pieces that shed light on the visual expression of politics, including historical documents, artifacts and works of contemporary art that all celebrate the American political process.
Published by Jean Boîte Éditions in Paris, the #artselfies book is both an artifact of the contemporary moment and a timepiece for our generation.
The institute's holdings range from ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman artifacts to contemporary American masterpieces.
From ancient artifacts to contemporary art, the museum seeks to anchor the archaeology, material culture and ethnography of the world's Jews within a broader global context, both Western and non-Western.
Agematsu then archived, "cured," and transformed his findings into a record of artifacts reflecting contemporary society.
Compared with the costs of the war, the SST, the welfare program, and most contemporary artifacts, of course, art is still a bargain item... Every day larg crowds venture reverently into a darkened room at the Metropolitan to see what a 5 1/2 million picture looks like.
Within walking distance from the Red Square, the State Historical Museum has exhibitions which range from collections of ancient artifacts through to contemporary examples of Russian life.
