Final Flashcards
Once known as the Algonquin school, they were a group of Canadian painters in the 1920’s and 1930’s who developed bold techniques in their landscape works. Their works inspired by Canadian landscapes
group of seven
A period of aesthetic innovation driven by the desire to break away from the romantic nationalism that characterized the confederation period
Canadian modernism
A late 20th century style and concept in the arts architecture and criticism that represents a departure from modernism and has at its heart a general distrust of grand theories and ideologies as well as a problematical relationship with any nation of “art”
Post modernism
A Quebec artist whom works as a painter, dancer, choreographer, and sculptor. She was a contributor to the “refus global”, as artists manifesto that was instrumental in the quiet revolution. She created “danse dans la neige” as a response to a particular site in sainthilair Quebec
francoise Sullivan
Created by Rebecca believe, an anishinaabe artist. Considered to be participatory and activist as a response to the Ola crisis in the region it was originally installed in
Speaking to their mother
Members of the Mohawk nation and their supporters launched a protest against plans to build a golf course on Mohawk ceremonial an a burial ground in Quebec. Was met with armed forces creating the weeks long protest
Oka crisis (1990)
An anishinaabe artist who is associated with her works surrounding indigenous activism and feminist activism within her artistic practice
Rebecca belmore
Artwork that is made from pure shapes or forms that do not purposefully refer to the real world. No definitely recognizable subject matter
Non-representational
- The nation of a national school
- The academic tradition
- The representational
3 forms of Canadian avant garde
Group of 7 painter, painted North shore, Lake Superior - also known for surrealist paintings and ideals
Lawren Harris
The avoidance of conscious intention in producing works of art, especially by using mechanical techniques or subconscious associations
Automatism
A simplified representation of something more complex. Allows you to hide details to help you manage complexity, focus on relevant concepts, and reason about problems at a higher level
Abstraction
The use of pre-existing objects or images with little to no transformation applied to them
Appropriation
An early 20th century artistic movement which was attracted to the directness, instinctiveness and exoticism non urban cultures
Primitivism (modernism)
Les refuse global originated from a group called les automatistes, the group created abstract art by French surrealists. Their manifesto was launched at a Montreal bookstore well known for selling banned books. They called for anarchy, they were the base for Quebec’s quiet revolution.
Refuse global
