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Abstract Expressionism

The document discusses various art movements from the 20th century including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field Painting, Pop Art, Op Art, Conceptual Art, and more recent forms like Installation Art and Performance Art. It provides examples of key artists and their works from each movement.

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Abstract Expressionism

The document discusses various art movements from the 20th century including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field Painting, Pop Art, Op Art, Conceptual Art, and more recent forms like Installation Art and Performance Art. It provides examples of key artists and their works from each movement.

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Abstract

Expressionism
Action Painting
Jackson Pallock worked on huge
canvases spread on the floor, splattering,
squirting, and dribbling paint with
(seemingly) no preplanned pattern or
design in mind. The total effect is one of
vitality, creativity, “energy made visible.”
Autumn Rhythm
Jackson Pallock,1950
Oil on canvas
Color Field Painting
Painters used different color
saturations (purity, vividness,
intensity) to create their desired
effects. Some of their works were
huge fields of vibrant color—as in the
paintings of Mark Rothko and Barnett
Newman.
Magenta, Black,
Green on Orange
Mark Rothko, 1949
Oil on canvas
Vir Heroicus Sublimis
Barnett Newman, 1950-1951
Oil on canvas
Others took the more intimate
“pictograph” approach, filling the
canvas with repeating picture
fragments or symbols—as in the
works of Adolph Gottlieb and Lee
Krasner.
Forgotten
Dream
Adolph Gottlieb,
1946
Oil on canvas
Abstract No.2
Lee Krasner, 1948
Oil on canvas
Pop Art, Op Art
In its place, a new crop of
artists came on the scene using
lighter treatment and flashes of
humor, even irreverence, in
their artworks.
Pop Art
It made use of commonplace,
trivial, even nonsensical objects.
Their works ranged from paintings, to
posters, to collages, to three-
dimensional “assemblages” and
installations.
This made use of recognizable
objects and images from the
emerging consumer society. Their
inspirations were the celebrities,
advertisements, billboards, and
comic strips that were becoming
commonplace at that time.
Twelve Cars
Andy Warhol, 1962
Art Print
Marilyn Monroe
Andy Warhol, 1967
Silkscreen print
Whaam!
Roy Lichtenstein, 1963
Acrylic and oil on canvas
In the Car
Roy
Lichtenstein,1963
Op Art
Optical art was an another
experiment in visual experience.
Lines, spaces, and colors were
precisely planned and positioned to
give the illusion of movement.
As the eye moved over different
segments of the image, perfectly
stable components appeared to
shift back and forth, sometimes
faster, sometimes slower as the
brain responded to the optical
data.
Fall
Bridget Riley, 1963
Emulsion on hardboard
Conceptual Art
They questioned the idea of art as objects
to be bought and sold. Instead, they
brought their artistic ideas to life
temporarily. A key difference between a
conceptual artwork and a traditional
painting or sculpture is that the
conceptualist’s work often requires little or
no physical craftsmanship.
Much of their time and effort goes
into the concept or idea behind the
work, with the actual execution
then being relatively quick and
simple
One and Three
Chairs
Joseph Kosuth,
1965
An actual chair
(center), with a
photograph of the
same chair and an
enlarged copy of a
dictionary definition
of a chair.
Contemporary Art Forms:
Installation Art and
Performance Art
Installation Art
Is a contemporary art form
that uses sculptural materials
and other media to modify the
way the viewer experiences a
particular space.
Usually lifesize or sometimes
larger, installation art is not
necessarily confined to gallery
spaces. It can be constructed or
positioned in public or private
spaces, both indoor and outdoor.
Cordillera Labyrinth
Roberto Villanueva, 1989
Bamboo and runo grass
Outdoor installation at the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Pasyon at Rebolusyon
Santiago Bose, 1989
Mixed media installation

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