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Mid Twentieth Century (After WWII) (Abstract Expressionism (ACTION…
Mid Twentieth Century (After WWII)
Philosophy: Existentialism
Combination literature and philosophy
Attention to human limitations
Existence comes before Essence
There is no God
You create/Define yourself
Politics, history, science does NOT make you who you are
DIY: responsibility for yourself and the rest of humankind
Abstract Expressionism
New forms of abstract art developed by American painters
Different styles
Art as a spontaneous mean of expressing the artist’s feelings
The tension between cold war was translated into art
Art was embraced by critics and viewers
ACTION painting
Gesture
No composition, Improvisation
Dripping techniques
Jackson Pollock
HARD EDGE painting
Moving to geometry
Monochromatic colours
COLOURFIELD painting
Connection between the artist and the canvas
No clear point of reference
How to make art after WWII?
Artists= responsible for own choices
Art = subjective e.g Abstract Expressionism
Regionalism in the Arts = Across the Atlantic
Situation in the USA in 1930-1940's
Regionalism in the arts
Inspired documentary photography
After the crash 1929: Depression, government initiatives
Farm Security Administration
Combat American rural poverty
Photography program
Most famous depression-era photography
Neo-Dada
Figurative art in the Anglo Saxon World
Jasper Johns, Flag, 1955
Communicating themes
Live life in artistic ways
Combines art and non art
Questioning things