Understanding Modern Art: Exploring the Strange and the Disturbing

Modern and contemporary art explained: written for everyone, but also suitable as a student textbook (college or university) in art theory. This book is intended to be a simple & easy-to-read guide to everything you need to know to understand & appreciate MODERN CONTEMPORARY ART. The aim is to explain the key ideas underlying the principles of modern contemporary art, so that you can meaningfully evaluate and enjoy contemporary artworks on their own terms. Anyone with an interest in any of the arts can benefit from this book: you do not need to have specialist background knowledge or artistic training. We will provide you with a very down-to-earth & easily applicable understanding of modern art that you will soon be able to use whatever the occasion & whatever the artform. Jakob Zaaiman is an artist and writer living and working in London. He has written extensively on how best to understand modern art. He has a number of university degrees.