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Re:Ayn Rand Lamp by chris_wot on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:46AM (#11140784)
What's the difference?

edit: thank you to all those who responded. No thanks to the person who hit the downvote link.

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Re:Ayn Rand Lamp by foobarbecue on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:55AM (#11140827)
Modern Art includes Picasso, Van Gough, etc. Wikipedia says it ended in the 1970s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art

Contemporary means happening right about now.

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Re:Ayn Rand Lamp by mchahn on Sunday February 21, 2016 @12:44AM (#11143471)
I always thought "post-modern" was a weird oxymoron like "giant shrimp".
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Re:Ayn Rand Lamp by chris_wot on Sunday February 21, 2016 @12:16PM (#11145336)
In that case, the contemporary art created now will in 20 years also be an oxymoron.
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Re:Ayn Rand Lamp by mchahn on Sunday February 21, 2016 @03:48PM (#11146434)
They are going to run out of adjectives.

I was in a drug store recently and the cold medicines that used to say full-strength or maximum-strength now say "extreme". They are also going to run out of adjectives.

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Re:Ayn Rand Lamp by chris_wot on Sunday February 21, 2016 @04:22PM (#11146605)
Sort of reminds me of Ludicrous Speed...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygE01sOhzz0

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Re:Ayn Rand Lamp by stephenc_c_ on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:52AM (#11140811)
Modern refers to a period from the 1860s to the 1970s. Contemporary is present day.
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Re:Ayn Rand Lamp by wickawic on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:55AM (#11140826)
'Modern' art is art made from ~1870 to ~1970 (an oversimplification). 'Contemporary' art just means art made in the present time.
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