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Two Bodyheads (2003), contemporary art by Paul Rumsey
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Two Bodyheads (2003), contemporary art by Paul Rumsey

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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
  1. From the same time period.
  2. Modern.

As a term in art and culture theory, contemporary denotes art from the late 20th century and the early 21st century, what has come to be known as a post-industrial society as in The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler

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