Exploring Modern Art: Social Change.

While the world is moving forward with time, there are pressing issues that take center stage in the journey, and modern art has evolved to be the vessel for such change.  The modern artist nowadays makes use of his work to strike discussions, shifts outlook, and incites changes, so modern art is a primary vehicle in social change.

This feature of contemporary art mainly affects the extremely broad range of thought and emotion expressed through which one relays to the global public. Modern art allows one to break out from the traditional way of doing things and opens up avenues for new ways of thinking. Free expression allows them to challenge societal norms and question the status quo yet touch an emotional cord.

For example, consider the works by some of the famous artists such as Banksy. His street art usually criticizes systems of governments, social inequalities, and consumerism. His masterpieces, like "Girl with a Balloon" or "There Is Always Hope," talk to human aspirations for hope and change. Banky's public art work usually communicates directly with the people to remind them to think on matters he brings forth regarding very important social issues.

The works of modern art could be seen in the contexts of another kind of important artist who applied it as a tool for social change, and among them are African American artists such as Kara Walker and Kehinde Wiley, who ponder issues to do with race, identity, and the remembering of history. Their work stands on the legacy of slavery and racism, challenging viewers to confront uncomfortable truths about society's past and present. They voice the marginalized to the world through their art and make sure that not only are important discussions about race and equity heard but stay alive.

Modern art also helps towards resolving various environmental and climatic issues. For example, Olafur Eliasson produces the large-scale installation that tries to depict how global warming affects everything and launches people's actions in response. In trying to create urgency and responsibility by their art ideas, people prove how anything is possible when the greater good is involved.

Finally, modern art is more than an expression of personal creativity - it works as a reflective mirror of society: all its sickness, inequality, and aspirations. And the challenge it brings to conventional thinking can evoke social movements and create a stimulus within individuals to interact with the world in a higher sense and in greater responsibility. The essence of modern art is to make society reflect on the world as it is and then, separately, start imagining how it could become a just, compassionate, and sustainable world.

Exploring Modern Art: Social Change.