Indeed, the idea of the contingent nature of concepts like classical and contemporary drives the museum's postexpansion approach to its holdings, which in turn reflects the thinking of its executive director, Dan L. Monroe.
Mr. Murphy continually jumps between the historic and the contemporary to drive home his points.
The interior on the model we borrowed from Nissan for a contemporary test drive was basic, covered in the finest black vinyl, and had no radio.
In the Park Avenue fair secondary-market "classic contemporary" works drive much of the business, although the single-artist shows and thematic exhibits lend a dignified air to the dealmaking.
The Fortunes, moving from the frontier to the contemporary, is driven by its political questions.
Evidence-based medicine, for example, is often presented as a wholly contemporary phenomenon driven by the double-blind clinical trial.
That said, there are some rougher contemporary works driven by more visionary energies, like Alison Saar's woodcut suite of emblematic, expressionistic portraits in black and red at Diane Villani, or, at Galerie St. Etienne, Sue Coe's cartoon apocalypse in which animals are being swallowed into a giant meat grinder.
Wendy W Fok: This piece in particular addresses the trifold opportunities between techniques, object, and material culture within our contemporary digitally driven mechanic society.
While many of Vickery's contemporaries were driven to country club lessons or flown to tournaments, Vickery rode 12 hours on a bus from Miami to Atlanta.
Mr. Wand seemed uninterested in the constant travel and self-promotion that drive contemporary musical careers.
