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Introduction The year 1945 was considered a turning point in the history of Western art Focused on creating not destroying Capital of the new art world was New York City

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Abstract Expressionism These group of artists made up the New York School Most direct influence from surrealism Generally quite large to engulf the viewer

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Jackson Pollock Drip technique Painted indirectly from above the surface He felt as if he was in the painting Ex. Number 1, 1949 (53x86)

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Color Field Imagery is reduced to a large area of color, in some cases filling the entire canvas Unlike abstract expressionists emotional paintings, this added a meditative tranquility to get the viewer to think about the work of art Ex. Mark Rothko- Orange and Yellow Ex. Helen Frankenthaler- The Bay

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1960s Neo-Dada (new Dada) Young artists began mixing art back up with life as they found it, sometimes literally and often humorously Many artists felt it was time to move on from abstract expressionism Ex. Robert Rauschenberg- Factum II

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Jean Tinguely Ex. Homage to New York 1960 A parody of machines and the machine age, but it also allowed machines to do something they are rarely built to do : PLAY He felt that art should be FUN!!!

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1960-70s Pop Art Pop art- meaning popular or Americas popular culture Comic books Advertising Billboards Packaging Cinema TV Newspapers

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Andy Warhol 1928-1987 Most known and famous of Pop artists Frustrated critics by refusing to explain what the meanings of his art was Also adopted the methods of mass production Ex. 100 cans, Thirty are better than one

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Minimalism Coexisted with pop art in the 1960s Primary concern was 3 dimensional art The painting is a thing A term invented by critics in an attempt to handle what they were seeing

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Frank Stella What you see is what you see The beauty of the color, the logic of the composition, the satisfaction of repetition was the meaning intended. Ex. Valparaiso Flesh and Green

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Photorealism During the 1970s painters became interested in viewing through a lens Means a particular kind of realism that the camera produces Ex. Don Eddy- New Shoes for H

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Conceptual Art The idea is 1 st and the form is secondary Echo of Dada Not a style but a way of thinking about art Ex. Joseph Kosuth- One and Three Chairs 3 alternative representations of a chair together for comparison

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Feminism and Feminist Art Fought for mostly equal rights and equal pay Women art professionals organized to recover womens art of the past to push for more representation in museums and galleries. Art historians knew of these women but chose not to discuss them in their telling of art history. Ex. Judy Chicago- Dinner Party Ex. Miriam Schapiro- Heartfelt

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Postmodern World First used to describe architecture Ex. Renzo Piano and Richard Rodgers- Georges Pompidou National Center of Art and Culture Designed in 1971 encased in scaffolding, pipes, tubes, and funnels-all color coded according to function-it looks like a building turned inside out

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Pluralism The idea that art can take many directions at the same time, all of them equally valid. No one art style or artist should take the credit for what art is today

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The Painterly Image During the 1980s some of these artist became known as Neo-Expressionists It recalled the sincerity and emotional intensity of the Expressionist movement

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Eric Fischl 1982 Ex. Barbecue- explored the strangeness that lay just under the surface of ordinary suburban life

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Jean-Michel Basquiat One of the many young New York artists that drew their energy from street life, the punk scene, and graffiti. Ex. Gold Griot 1984

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Words and Images, Issues and Identities Ex. Kerry James Marshall- Past Times 1997 Ex. William Kentridge- Drawing from Stereoscope (and palimpsets) 1998

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Toward Theater: Performance and Installation Art Created elaborate computerized projection environment whose many screens and monitors fill the stage with constantly shifting images and sounds. During the 1980s this became known as the Performance Arts

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Laurie Anderson Ex. Stories from the Nerve Bible 1994 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5VUg9SoRA0www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5VUg9SoRA0

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The Digital Realm The development of digital technologies over the past twenty years has allowed images and sounds to be encoded and transmitted as patterns of numbers. All of these functions are concentrated to personal computers and linked to the Internet. Ex. Jim Campbell- Fifth Avenue Cutaway #1 2001

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