influential art critic of the twenty-first century. Greenberg’s intensely influential focus was on the notion of “formal purity” and how that affected the work itself in a painting just being a painting and “orientating itself to flatness” as modernist paintings had. Additionally‚ Clement Greenberg found interest in Abstract Expressionism and how Greenberg’s strictly outlined theories on art would inspire artists of the Minimalist and Pop Art movements to respond in kind with their own art as a rebuttal
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Norman Lewis “… One of the discouraging things in my own self-education‚ was the fact that painting pictures didn’t bring about any social change.” – Norman Lewis Norman Lewis‚ leading African American artist and prominent member of the Abstract Expressionism movement‚ was born on July 23‚ 1909‚ in Harlem‚ New York. At an early age‚ Mr. Lewis became keenly aware of racial tension as he and his parents resided in a mostly Italian and Jewish neighborhood. At the age of nine‚ Norman Lewis discovered
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kid sitting in arts and crafts flinging paint with a paint brush onto white paper or even using your hands to paint unknown designs? Well my friends that method can be also known as Abstract Expressionism and in the 1940’s and 50’s it took off like wild fire. Although many proved to be Abstract Expressionists one triumphed them all‚ that one being‚ Jackson Pollock. Jackson Pollock is an important figure in the art world. He is known for starting a movement of abstract expressionism by using his body
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Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism began in the 1940’s in New York and flourished in the 1950’s‚ making New York the centre of the art world. This meant that Paris was no longer the art capital of the world. Abstract Expressionism came at a bad time as it was during World War II and many of the artist in Europe evacuated to the sates which was another big reason New York became so popular to artists. Some distinguished artists who moved to New York were‚ Max Ernst‚ Piet Mondrain and Leo
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“Of all the arts‚ abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well‚ that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors‚ and that you be a true poet. This last is essential." -- Wassily Kandinsky. Abstract Art is art that is not a precise demonstration of a form or object. This depiction can be diverged in many ways including the shape‚ color‚ and form. The artist takes the object and then either simplifies it or exaggerates it using these
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Pop art is a visual art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in parallel in the late 1950s in the United States. The coinage of the term Pop Art is often credited to British art critic/curator‚ Lawrence Alloway in an essay titled The Arts and the Mass Media‚ although the term he uses is "popular mass culture" Nevertheless‚ Alloway was one of the leading critics to defend mass culture and Pop Art as a legitimate art form. Pop art is one of the major art movements of the twentieth
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Synopsis Although Pop art is now most associated with the work of New York artists of the early 1960s such as Andy Warhol‚ Roy Lichtenstein‚ James Rosenquist‚ and Claes Oldenburg‚ artists who drew on popular imagery were part of an international phenomenon that saw major developments in various cities from the mid-1950s onwards. Following the Abstract Expressionist and Neo-Dada movements‚ Pop’s reintroduction of identifiable imagery (drawn from mass media and popular culture) was a major shift for
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Pop Art verses Realism Since the start of time‚ we have had art all around us. What has changed is the types of art and the names in which to identify them. Art at its basic form is an expression of one’s self. Since everyone has different likes and dislikes‚ not everyone will agree on what we deem as art or enjoy the same forms equally. Just as unique an interpretation of a painting can be‚ likewise is our difference in our taste of art. Whether a person enjoys abstract art or pop-art‚ one or
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Pop Art Movement The art movement I have chosen to study is Pop Art‚ before I decided on the movement of my choice I looked at other movements such as Impressionism and Surrealism. Both of these movements had their own unique qualities however‚ I found Pop Art very intriguing and wanted to look further into the movement. I have looked into the background and context‚ the key players and their work‚ the themes and styles associated with Pop Art as well as the reaction to the movement. Pop art
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Abstract Expressionism began in the periods of the 1940s and 1950s in New York. "It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academic painting. However‚ there is no such thing as good painting about nothing." which is described by Mark Rothko‚ who was an early abstract expressionist. Its development started back to the 1930s which were being shaped by social‚ political and geographical calamities: internally
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