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DADA and Abstract Expressionism (DADA (1900-1960) (Purpose - To protect…
DADA and Abstract Expressionism
DADA (1900-1960)
Purpose - To protect against the senseless violence and destructive absurdity of World Wars
Style - DADA has no recognizable style
First anti-art movement
Concept of change - Color, shape and composition all created by chance rather than deliberate choice
Started in Switzerland
Automatic Art - Comes naturally from subconscious, art is not deliberately created using the emotions
Marcel Duchamp
Fountain (1914)
Signed R.Mutt
Ready-mades represent the wish, a thought that someone elevated the object into the status of an artwork
Characteristics - Ready-mades are everyday manufactured objects converted into works of art simply by the artists act of choosing them
Abandoned conventional methods of making art
Fountain, industrial porcelain for public urinal. Placing the urinal at 90 degrees made its useful significance disappear under the new title and point of view
Challenged the bases and general assumptions of art by exhibiting ready-made artworks
Jackson Pollock
Lavender Mist (1950)
Paintings are layered webs of paint
Colours are finely webbed into an allover unity
Uses anything as paintbrushes - sticks, knives
Subjects his works to the rhythms of nature
Network of lines, splatters and paint drips
Influenced by Eastern philosophy and religion
This work is an intricate web of oil colours mixed with black enamel and aluminium paint
Captivated by Red-Indian mythology and art
Swift and assured movement of the artists am
Doesnt want to illustrate feelings but rather express them
Intuition and accident play a large and deliberate part
Abstract expressionism
Emotional approach
Psychological manifestation of the individual
Involved with concepts rather than reality
Characteristics
Alloverness - Entire surface of canvas is covered in paint
Direct painting - no planning
More an idea than a definite style
No part of the canvas is more important than another
Process of painting more important than the painting