CONTEMPORANEOUS ART

Session 12

JACKSON POLLOCK.Bald Woman Skeleton, 1938.

…inspired by…

EDWARD HOPPER.Nighthawks, 1942.

o 1942 – WW2o Fluorescent Light (Cold)o No Door, We are Separatedo Individuals Disconnected

HENRI MATISSE.The Snail, 1953.

At 19, he was bedridden for many months. His mom gave him a paint box to cheer him up.

This gave Matisse a sense of purpose and passion in life.

Henri Matisse’ first painting: Painted after

only 1 year of learning how to paint

Very subdued and dull

Textile dying factory town

Complementary Colors

The climax of his work

Matisse almost died from cancer

When he recovered, he was very weak.

A nun took care of the atheist artist.

ANDY WARHOL.Marilyn Monroe, 1967.

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WAYNE THIEBAUD.Boston Cremes, 1969.

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o Thick Painto Purple Shadows

SHIRIN NESHAT.Speechless, 1996.

“…untangle the ideology of Islam through her art.”

SHIRIN NESHAT.Women of Allah, 1994.

CHUCK CLOSE.Self-Portrait, 2000.

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BANKSY.(Gaza Wall), 2005.

BANKSY.(Gaza Wall), 2005.

BANKSY.(Gaza Wall), 2005.

BANKSY.(Gaza Wall), 2005.

BANKSY.(Gaza Wall), 2005.