41. Contemporary jazz artists flock to rock music that mirrors the adventurous spirit and the structural ingenuity of their own genre. 42. Contemporary Chinese artists, like avant-garde artists everywhere, look critically at the world around them. 43. Contemporary artists address architecture in various ways. 44. Contemporary artists are designing urns and reliquaries in wood, metal, glass, clay, and materials as weird as motorcycle gas tanks. 45. David Hockney is a contemporary artist who, like Sargent, is a victim of his own popularity. 46. Does the Met seek to showcase contemporary artists with any particular frequency? 47. Even the new National Gallery of Modern Art, which is to open in December, has been borrowing rather than buying works of top contemporary artists. 48. Exhibits will be encyclopedic, showcasing classical works and Texas contemporary artists such as Robert Wilson. 49. Eyebrows were raised about her show because it is at the Met, which has often been criticized for ignoring the work of so many well-known contemporary artists. 50. Few contemporary artists could provoke such instant condemnation. |