How Did The Art Movement Change Throughout The 1960s
The 1960s is known for the rapid change that happened within a short amount of time. Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns works each addressed how change was happening in the country along with the symbolism of the common everyday objects. Be that as it may the pieces were each belong to different art movements as well as be made from different mediums.
From both works of arts the viewer can easily relate to the subject at hand that the artist is trying to convey through the pieces. Throughout the 1960s there was change going on within the country and world. Americans feared communism and its spread. With the changes occurring at home and throughout the world it was bound to happen that art movements would change during this time as well. As you …show more content…
Warhol’s Campbell’s soup started the Pop movement which lead the modern art we know today. The Pop movement was named for its use of popular objects or people. Warhol's series of Campbell's Soup painting were not meant to be observed for their form or style, like that of the abstractionists. What made these works significant was Warhol's co-opting of universally recognizable imagery, such as a Campbell's soup can, and displaying it as a mass-produced item, but within a fine art context. In that sense, Warhol wasn't just emphasizing popular imagery, but rather providing commentary on how people have come to perceive these things in modern times: as items to be bought and sold, identifiable as such with one glance. 100 canvases of campbell's soup cans made up his first solo exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, and put Warhol on the art world map almost immediately, forever changing the face and content of modern art. While Warhol was starting the Pop moment Jasper Johns was closing the Dada movement. The Dada movement started in the early twentieth century. Johns and a couple other artist had stated to close off this prolonged movement. Dada artists are known for using common objects - everyday objects that could be bought and presented as art with little wield by the artist. The use of the readymade forced questions about artistic creativity and the very definition of art and its purpose in society. However in Flag Johns utilizes this movement to subtly give the viewer the truth behind the
From both works of arts the viewer can easily relate to the subject at hand that the artist is trying to convey through the pieces. Throughout the 1960s there was change going on within the country and world. Americans feared communism and its spread. With the changes occurring at home and throughout the world it was bound to happen that art movements would change during this time as well. As you …show more content…
Warhol’s Campbell’s soup started the Pop movement which lead the modern art we know today. The Pop movement was named for its use of popular objects or people. Warhol's series of Campbell's Soup painting were not meant to be observed for their form or style, like that of the abstractionists. What made these works significant was Warhol's co-opting of universally recognizable imagery, such as a Campbell's soup can, and displaying it as a mass-produced item, but within a fine art context. In that sense, Warhol wasn't just emphasizing popular imagery, but rather providing commentary on how people have come to perceive these things in modern times: as items to be bought and sold, identifiable as such with one glance. 100 canvases of campbell's soup cans made up his first solo exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, and put Warhol on the art world map almost immediately, forever changing the face and content of modern art. While Warhol was starting the Pop moment Jasper Johns was closing the Dada movement. The Dada movement started in the early twentieth century. Johns and a couple other artist had stated to close off this prolonged movement. Dada artists are known for using common objects - everyday objects that could be bought and presented as art with little wield by the artist. The use of the readymade forced questions about artistic creativity and the very definition of art and its purpose in society. However in Flag Johns utilizes this movement to subtly give the viewer the truth behind the