Study the Effects of Globalization on Contemporary Art of West (Since 1960 to present)

There are various definitions and interpretations of globalization, the sum of these ideas can be outlined as follows; compression of time and space, information-based society, global village, the process to westernize the world, knowledge of the whole world, the real global co-relation, objective and subjective Globalization and so forth. Globalization possesses the various aspects and areas that cultural, political and economic Globalization can be noted as the most prominent aspects of it. The study of Art as one of the most powerful and influential tools and component of the instrument in the context of cultural Globalization, finds chance for expression. This paper which is a theoretical one with descriptive-analytical method, tried to compile the libraries documents and examine the effects of Globalization on contemporary art of the West in an interval beginning from 1960 that is the beginning of post-modern art until present in its various branches. In this interval, research issue and the amount of Globalization’s effectiveness on contemporary Art of the west has specified. Finally, and as a result, the amount of the impact of Globalization’s process on contemporary Art of the west with fundamental changes has been very impressive. Varied use of modern technology, to generalize and commercialize the Art, comprehensive development of museum, failure to provide moral and artistic values and criteria, the role of addresses and its importance, combining non-homogeneous elements, expression of works through signs and symbols and absent of transcendent goals in western contemporary Art has been the impacts of Globalization in western contemporary art.