In a simple definition, contemporary art is a mean to ask “what is art?” I do not remind or call anything else from my courses in this matter @ university.
For example, if you defecate in the middle of an empty white room and say it’s an art exhibition, and ask people to come see it, you can always say: “my art is about asking what art is”.
Don’t smile, international contemporary artists already did it, and you can buy the shit for quite a lot, moron! 🙂
Basically, contemporary art is anything you want, but you have to write something beside it to lead people to understand what you mean, in a false manner.
So here’s the first less smelly:
Le texte explicatif est: “et nous en faisons tous partie”. Rabbit hole.