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Modernism
ExpressionismCubism
Dadaism
Futurism
Constructivism
DeStijl InternationalStyle
Bauhaus
Various Expressionist movements
Surrealism
Abstract Expressionism
Colour Field
Modernism is an umbrella term for many different styles …
All of these styles, and more, are referred to as Modernism.
Rudolph Schlichter, “Blind Power” 1937
The rise of Fascism in Europe in the 1930s caused many Avant Garde artists to flee and move to New York City.
The land of be-bop!
Europe was the Old World, the land of old ideas; the land of
Fascism and totalitarianism.
America was the land of freedom and new ideas!
The Modern World had arrived!
They encouraged an interest in using exploring the power of juxtapositions;
… employing chance in art-making;
… and exploring the unconscious through art.
Jackson Pollock, She Wolf, 1943
Jackson Pollock painting
“Action Painting”The act of painting was as important as the finished product; the action should be felt by the viewer.
Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist, 1950
Cult of the Genius
Shock of the NEW!
Abstraction is essential
Honesty of materials
High Modernism
Josef Albers, Study for Homage to the Square
Later Abstract Expressionism became less expressive and more concerned with geometry or paint effects;
Called “Colour Field Painting”
Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist, 1950
Abstract Expressionism became all the rage in post-war America where ‘new’ meant improved!It became the Cold War symbol of the
freedom of democracy, contrasting with the Socialist Realism of Communism.
Abstract Expressionism :Key Dates:Key Artists:
Jackson Pollock
Lee Krasner
Mark Rothko
Willem de Kooning
c.1945 – 1960
Abstract Expressionism :Influenced by:
- The psychoanalytical, chance techniques of the Surrealists (automatic painting in particular);;
- The freedom and new possibilities of post-war America.
- The personal expressiveness of Expressionism;
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