hi by: diana elsonbaty. 1960’s – new art movement based on everyday objects and people from...
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1960’s – new art movement based on everyday objects and people from popular culture.
Named “Pop art” because the subject was based on popular items such as Coke bottles, beer and soup cans.
Impersonal attitude towards the work and subject – shows frustration with the art establishment.
Directly contrasts Abstract Expressionism with recognizable subject matter and no emotional content.
Incorporates with, humour and satire.The average viewer much preferred Pop Art to
abstraction so it soon became in demand.
Pioneered the use of silkscreen in fine art and has assistants (the Factory) to assist with output
Chose subject matter from everyday life and popular culture: often movie and music icons as well as famous political figures
Meant to imitate / mimic the commercial nature of society from the 1950’s onwards – mass production, packaging, advertising, etc.
Subject matter: comics derived paintings, in direct contrast to abstract art of the 1950’s
Images were stereotypical and therefore familiar to the viewer (not usually in such a large scale)
Painted in oils but used commercial printing method: Benday dots
Create large-scale 3-dimensional recreations of ordinary objects, out of unusual materials
Played with gravity and soft materials to “give the object back its power” and to shock
Created various witty public monuments (eg. spoon bridge)
Op (“Optical”) Art uses scientific principles to create the sensation of movement by tricking the viewer’s eye.There are no focal points or centres of interest in optical art.Sometimes movement is created through the use of colour and sometimes shapes.Carefully calculated and manipulated.
Master at creating pulsating movement in her paintings
Became disillusioned with Op art as it became used for commercial purposes
Explored colour contrasts through tesselations
Began as an art teacher and later an illustrator before working solely as an artist
•Colour Field developed during the 60’s and 70’s - owes much to Mark Rothko.•Relies solely on flat fields of colour – impression is cool and serene.•Some colour field painting is very loose (eg. Rothko, Frankenthaler, Louis)•Some colour field painting is called “hard edge” (eg. Albers, Bush, Stella)•Became important aspects of the interior environment as murals in buildings.•Draw viewer into active participation with the work – goal: to create a total environment.
One of the member of the Group of Eleven, Toronto painters working in abstraction – these artists wanted Canada to be more involved in contemporary art
Originally a Commercial artist, later studied at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto (now OCAD)
Was expressive in use of colourHis artwork was admired for its “hand-made” effect in appearance
Used shaped canvases – this one is rounded on the ends
This composition is based on intersecting protractor arcs
Used mechanical means to determine composition (rulers, templates, t-squares, etc.)
The art is purely aesthetic (no hidden meaning)