Beyond focusing on the personality and work of each artist, this story seeks to capture the essence and relevance of contemporary art starting from three elements of analysis: the technological developments of the time (the evolution in material culture from the mechanical to the electronic ), the field of knowledge from which art is nourished and with which it dialogues (its own heritage and the ideas of each period) and, finally, the oscillations in artistic language (between more abstract or figurative styles). Thus, it offers three wavelengths (long, medium and short) to interpret and understand contemporary art from its birth to the most current phenomena.