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Fine Art Verses Commercial Art
 
Contemporary visual art in general (paintings, sculptures or other form) is divided into two primary categories: Fine art and commercial, or decorative are. The fine art is based on a concept of the artist and created for the purposes of expressing the concept in visual form. Its esthetic is based on beauty of truth and conceptual harmony. It is the fine art that is reflective of its contemporary reality and is created for the sake of making the particular statement. In contemporary paintings often with the use of imagery and photography the artist expresses his or her artistic concept.
 
In commercial, or decorative are the esthetics is limited within the boundaries of visual senses. The purpose of the commercial art is to create paintings for decorative reasons and achieve commercial outcome. It is greatly expressed in contemporary paintings and decorative paintings are sold through commercial are galleries.        
 
In contemporary paintings the fine art is the expression of its time and as a result it is being collected by the museums and major art collectors. These two schools of thoughts are often diagonally opposing each other the argument continues as of now. In the field of contemporary paintings one should remember that art is not intended for the masses and should be accepted as such.