I have to do a small research paper on a contemporary artist. I am a psychology major and am interested in surrealism, but that's an older movement. I am looking for an artist with some sort of connection to psychology - perhaps in the art or perhaps this person had an illness? Thanks for the suggestions! "artist" as in, involved with fine arts; disregarding musicians and writers. sorry for not being specific

How is contemporary dancing different from freestyle dancing? I am already into Freestyle (Bollywood) dancing, so, I want to know if taking up a small course in contemporary dancing will help me in any way.

By definition, i am a contempory artist by living at this moment. But i am not a contemporary minded person. Contemporary art and its associated scene is a turn off. I do not want to participate!! But i keep making this stuff once called art.....

What is the difference between lyrical and contemporary? I want to learn lyrical; can I just jump straight into a beginner's course or do I have to do jazz and ballet first? And same for contemporary - can you just jump in and learn from the beginning? I have my thoughts, but I need to clarify. I am 17 and have had my heart set on lyrical for years. Is there any hope for me to do lyrical? Thanks. And what's with modern?

im doing comtemporary private lessons, and my dance teacher told me to pick out a few songs that i could dance to. so far i've picked boston by augustina. any other sugestions? not auguastina, augastana, sorry i like ramalama (bang bang) by roisin murphy and like a star by corinne bailey rae

have you ever noticed that contemporary dancers don't usually do a whole lot of dancing? the kinda just move their arms around and run around the stage, but it looks good any way. like her:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeeqHOXrGWA how do they pull that off? ♥ come on answer i wasn't saying she wasn't trying

my friend and i are going to be in the talent show in two weeks and we need a song to dance to. we are both good at contemporary, so yeah. it really doesn't have to be THAT modern, just something with a fairly good beat.

I'm looking for a rug with red as the main color. It needs to be contemporary/modern with a geometric or abstract design. I've tried Target, Pier 1, Pottery Barn, Ikea, West Elm and even Walmart and neither of them have a rug that I just love. Does anyone know of a cool contemporary home store (not on the list) that may have what I'm looking for?

I'm a little confused here by the term 'contemporary'. Is the difference just that 'classical music' now refers to music of the 18th-20th century (including the baroque, classical and romantic periods) whereas 'contemporary' is more 21st century 'art music'? Also, if anyone had any good well-known 'contemporary classical' composers would you be able to name me some so I can listen to the difference in their musical styles myself.