TWENTIETH CENTURY TWENTIETH CENTURY ART BETWEEN THE ART BETWEEN THE

WORLD WARSWORLD WARS

Key Characteristics Absurdity-life doesn't make sense, so why should

art? Chance-life is random Irreverence-challenge cherished beliefs and

institutions Key Techniques Ready-made-sculpture from existing manufactured

parts Photomontage-collection of photographs

Dada

Key Characteristics Depicts the world of the unconscious mind;

dreams Influenced by Bosch, Gauguin and Symbolists Odd juxtaposition of recognizable objects Exaggeration in the appearance of objects Unusual objects and symbols that express the

artist's inner mind and question reality

Surrealism

Key Artists

GIORGIO DE CHIRICO, Melancholy and Mystery of a Street, 1914. Oil on canvas

Giorgio de Chirico--proto-Surrealist; eerie scenes

GIORGIO DE CHIRICO The Song of Love, 1914

SALVADOR DALÍ, The Persistence of Memory, 1931. Oil on canvas,

Dali-Realistic figures, idiosyncratic symbols

RENÉ MAGRITTE, The Treachery (or Perfidy) of Images, 1928-1929. Oil on canvas

Magritte-unusual combinations of recognizable objects

JOAN MIRÓ, The Potato, 1928 Oil on canvas

Miro-used biomorphic shapes

MARC CHAGALL, I and the Village, 1911

Chagall-drew upon childhood experiences in Russia

FRIDA KAHLO, The Two Fridas, 1939. Oil on canvas

Frida Kahlo--series of biographical self-portraits; wife of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera

CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI, Bird in Space, 1928. Bronze Abstract work intended to capture subject's essence Bird in Space is most famous work

BARBARA HEPWORTH, Oval Sculpture (No. 2), 1943. Plaster cast Modernist English sculptor Major innovator in use of negative space

HENRY MOORE, Reclining Figure, 1939. Elm wood

• Major use of organic curves and negative space

• Abstract recumbent female figures • Works have monumental quality

Alexander Calder Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, 1939Mobiles-moving sculptures suspended from ceiling Simplified organic forms Similar to Miro's biomorphic paintings