Contemporary Art Flashcards
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Contemporary art
TRUE OR FALSE
Art has not been and continues to be created during our lifetime due to certain reasons.
False
TRUE OR FALSE
It achieved a big success when it became part of popular culture in the 1970s.
True
What are the art movements during contemporary art?
Pop art, happening, performance art, art mob/flash mob, graffiti art and installation
Developed in the mid-1950s in the United Kingdom and 1950s in the United States
Pop art
What is the characteristics of Pop art?
Used bright and bold colors like, yellow, red, and blue, silkscreen painting, use of acrylic colors, brand names, logos, and product names were used and recurring themes were food, household items, and other ordinary objects.
Was born on August 6, 1928 in Pennsylvania, USA. He drew widely from pop culture and everyday subject matter.
Andy Warhol
Who drew the portraits of Manilyn Monroe?
Andy Warhol
Was born on October 27, 1923 in New York City. He became a LEADING FIGURE in the pop art movement.
Roy Lichtenstein
Artwork of Roy Lichtenstein.
Girl Drowning
What are the examples of Pop art in the philippines?
Collage “Meat Shop”, Djinn Tallada’s poster and Limbo’s Illustration
An event that combined elements of painting, poetry, music, dance, and theatre and staged them as a live action.
Happening
Who coined the term of Happening?
Allan Kaprow
What are the combined elements in Happening?
Painting, poetry, music, dance, and theatre
IDENTIFY
Happening staged them as a __________.
Live action
What are the distinct characteristics of Happening?
An avant-garde art form, never shared a common cause or style, spontaneous but sometimes audience are caught off-guard, reactions drawn from the audience is made part of the art and that requires interaction and participation from the audience.
He rejected traditional arts and dwelt to the philosophical and theoretical questions surrounding the making of art.
Allan Kaprow
Created eclectic practice, which includes and combines live events, text, sculpture, installation, and painting.
Agathe Snow
Requires other media to come up with their artwork which includes movements, dialogues, music, dance, costume, etc.
Performance art
What are the characteristics of a Performance art?
Can incorporate any discipline or medium (film, mime, fashion, theatrical design, subject matter are commonly life experiences of the artists, or social criticism and with a spirit of transformation, requires four elements: time, body, space, and presence of the artist and aims at generating a reaction, sometimes with the support of improvisation and a sense of aesthetics.
What are the 4 elements needed in Performance art?
time, body, space and presence of the artist
Was an American poet, performance artist, and architect—a FOUNDER of the Performance Art movement.
Vito Acconci
She made use of sound, sculpture, photography, video in her performance. Often braves dangerous or grueling acts to investigate sensation and its effects, often with audience participation.
Marina Abramovic
Her worked focused on addressing the issues of colonization, women, identity, migration, capitalism, and globalization in the post-modern, post-colonial Philippines. An artist who uses inter-disciplinary approach in her performance.
Racquel de Loyola
