CONTEMPORARY ARTS Flashcards
relating to the present or recent
times as opposed to the remote past
modern
expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form
art
usually associated with art in which traditional norms are abandoned in favor of experimentation
modern art
modern art era
1860s to 1970s
• works tend to move
away from narrative, which was characteristic of past
art forms, and toward abstraction
• forms, and toward abstraction
• depicts the diverse, global, and ever-changing issues that shape our world.
• typically generate difficult or thought-provoking subjects without providing clear answers in the process
contemporary art
other term for contemporary art
postmodern art
- living or occurring at the same time.
- belonging to or occurring in the present
contemporary
best tools for approaching a piece of
modern art
• curiosity
• an open mind
• a desire to discuss and debate
the difference of contemporary art from modern art
• Contemporary Art emphasizes innovation and freedom
more than Modern Art
• Contemporary art focuses on societal influence, with
society as the major emphasis, whereas Modern art is
an expression of personality
• Modern Art was made
on canvas, but Contemporary Art may be found in a wider range of materials, including object design, tech- enabled artwork, and graphical arts
founder of Contemporary Art Society
Roger Fry
when was Contemporary Art Society founded
1910
• defined by academics as a distinct style that corresponds to a certain time period
• modern
style, on the other hand, evolves with time, resulting in a wider range of methods and outputs
modern art
artist seeks to depict not
objective reality but rather the subjective emotion and responses that objects and events arouse within a person.
abstract expressionism
refers to
a number of German artist, as well as Austrian, French, and Russian ones, who became active in the years before World War I and remained so throughout much of the interwar period
expressionism
two major styles of abstract expressionism
• action painting
• color fields
direct, instinctual, and highly dynamic kind of art that involves the spontaneous application of vigorous, sweeping brushstrokes and the chance effects of dripping and spilling paint onto the canvas
action painting
• the term typically describes largescale canvases dominated by flat expanses of color and having a minimum of surface detail
• paintings have a unified single-image field and differ
qualitatively from the gestural, expressive brushwork
color fields
abstract expressionism artists and their works
• Convergence (1950) by Jackson Pollock
• Multiform (1948) by Mark Rothko
• geometric abstract art that deals with optical illusion
• 20th century
• achieved through the systematic and precise manipulation of shapes and colors
optical art
effects as basis for optical art
• perspective illusion
• chromatic tension
• in painting, it is the dominant medium of Op art
• actual pulsation or flickering is perceived by the human eye
surface tension
optical art artists and their works
• Zebra by Victor Vasarely
• Achaean by Bridget Riley
• art from any medium that contains movement
perceivable by the viewer or that depends on motion
for its effect
• moniker developed from a number of sources
kinetic art
• sculpture in which movement (as of a motor-driven part or a changing electronic image) is a basic element
• became an important aspect of sculpture in 20th century
kinetic sculpture
kinetic art artists and their works
• Abstraction by Alexander Calder
• Meta-Harmonie II by Jean Tinguely
culmination of reductionist tendencies in modern art.
minimalism
other term for minimal art
ABC art
• composed of extremely simple, monumental geometric forms made of fiberglass, plastic, sheet metal, or aluminum, either left raw or solidly painted with bright industrial colors
• totally objective, unexpressive, and
nonreferential
minimal sculpture
minimalism artists and their work
• Untitled (stack) by Donald Judd
• Harran II by Frank Stella
• art movement that emerged in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s in America and Britain
• based on popular culture and mass media
• bold, simple, everyday imagery, and vibrant block colors
pop art
where did pop art emerge?
• America
• Great Britain
oj what period did pop art emerged?
1950s-1960s
to blur the boundaries between “high” art and “low” culture, by creating paintings or sculptures of mass culture objects and media stars
goal of pop art
pop art artists and their works
• Great American Nude #21 (1961) by Tom
• Popeye (1961) by Roy Lichtenstein
• House of fire (1981) by James Rosenquist
• reaction against modernism
• less a cohesive movement than an approach and attitude toward art, culture, and society
• characterized by a deliberate use of earlier styles and conventions, and an eclectic mixing of different artistic and popular styles and mediums
post modernism
post modernism artist and their works
• 10 Marilyn Monroe (1967) by Andy Warhol
• ONE AND THREE CHAIRS (1965) by Joseph Kosuth
• broad term that refers to a style that has been influenced by Pop Art
• reaction to the Minimalism and Conceptualism
• used the iconography of Pop Art to their own ends, creating commentary that mimics Pop Art, but also incorporating contemporary “kitsch” imagery and references to political and social issues that did not exist in the 60’s.
neo-pop art /post-pop art
period of Minimalism and Conceptualism
1970s
period of first wave of Neo-Pop Art
1980s
neo-pop art artists and their works
• Portrait Twin; Futago (1988) by Yasumasa Morimura
• 727 (1996) by Takashi Murakami
• Paris Hilton Autopsy (2007) by Daniel Edwards
• coined in reference to those artists whose work depended heavily on photographs, which they often projected onto canvas allowing images to be replicated with precision and accuracy
• within the same period and context as Conceptual Art, Pop Art, and Minimalism and expressed a strong interest in realism in art, over that of idealism and abstraction
photorealism/ hyperrealism/ superrealism
photorealism artists and their works
• Telephone Booth (1968) by Richard Estes
• Erschossener; manshotdown 1, (1988) by Gerhard Richter
• prizes ideas over the formal or visual components of art works
• took myriad forms, such as performances, happenings, and ephemera
• produced works and writings that completely rejected
standard ideas of art
conceptualism
period where Conceptual artists produced works and writings that completely rejected standard ideas of art
mid-1960s to mid-1970s
conceptualism artists and their artworks
• Mother and Child Divided (1993) by Damien Hirst
• The trees will riot (2020) by Robert Montgomery
• presented “live,” usually by the artist but sometimes with collaborators or performers
• created through actions performed by the artist or other participants, which may be live or recorded, spontaneous or scripted
performance art
performance art artists and their works
• Rhythm 0, (1974) by Marina Abramovic
• Cut piece (1964) by Yoko Ono
• most impactful and enchanting art genres in existence
• intended to fill entire rooms or even entire exhibition space
installation art
installation art artists and their works
• Yard (1967) by Allan Kaprow
• Aftermath of obliteration of eternity (2009) by Yoyoi
Kusama
also known as Land art or Earthworks, is primarily an American movement that produces site-specific structures, art forms, and sculptures using the natural landscape
earth art
earth art artists and their works
• Broken circle; Spiral hill (1971) by Robert Smithson
• California Dreamin (1972-76) by Christo and Jeanne-Claude
• done in public surfaces such as building exteriors, highway overpasses, and sidewalks
• more common in cities
• similar to graffiti
street art
• sameness to street art
• done in public spaces and is usually unauthorized, but it encompasses a broader range of media and is more closely associated with graphic design
graffiti
street art artists and their works
• Untitled (skull) (1981) by Jean Michel Basquiat
• Houston Bowery Wall (1982) by Keith Haring
