Sunday, 15 December 2013
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Emotions in colour
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Thursday, 12 December 2013
Minimalism
Minimalism
(1960-1975)
FRANK STELLA (b.1936)
'Jarmolince III', 1973 (relief assemblage)
'Jarmolince III', 1973 (relief assemblage)
Minimalism was not only a reaction
against the emotionally charged techniques of Abstract Expressionism
but also a further refinement of pure abstraction. It was an attempt to
discover the essence of art by reducing the elements of a work to the
basic considerations of shape, surface and materials.
Minimalist art used hard-edged forms and geometric grid structures. Color was simply used to define space or surface. Ad Reinhardt, whose late paintings anticipate Minimalism, put it simply, ‘The more stuff in it, the busier the work of art, the worse it is. More is less. Less is more. The eye is a menace to clear sight. The laying bare of oneself is obscene. Art begins with the getting rid of nature.’
Frank Stella, Don Judd, Robert Morris, John McCracken and Sol LeWitt were important contributors to Minimalism.
source http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/timelines/modern_art_timeline.htm
Minimalist art used hard-edged forms and geometric grid structures. Color was simply used to define space or surface. Ad Reinhardt, whose late paintings anticipate Minimalism, put it simply, ‘The more stuff in it, the busier the work of art, the worse it is. More is less. Less is more. The eye is a menace to clear sight. The laying bare of oneself is obscene. Art begins with the getting rid of nature.’
Frank Stella, Don Judd, Robert Morris, John McCracken and Sol LeWitt were important contributors to Minimalism.
source http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/timelines/modern_art_timeline.htm
Op Art
Op Art
(c.1964-1970)
VICTOR VASARELY (1906-1997)
'Gestalt 4', 1970 (serigraph )
'Gestalt 4', 1970 (serigraph )
Op Art is short for 'optical art'. It was
an abstract style that emerged in the 1960's based on the
illusionistic effects of line, shape, pattern and color.
Op Artists such as Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley and Richard Anuszkiewicz play with the perception of the viewer by subverting the picture plane with ambiguous shapes, shifting tones and dynamic color relationships. Although Op Art images are static they generate the illusion of movement with perceptual tricks that create an unstable picture surface. The effects of this can be so strong that you have to look away for fear of losing your balance or hurting your eyes. Needless to say that the fairground fun aspect of Op Art was very popular with the public and was quickly commercialized by the design and fashion industries.
source http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/timelines/modern_art_timeline.htm
Op Artists such as Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley and Richard Anuszkiewicz play with the perception of the viewer by subverting the picture plane with ambiguous shapes, shifting tones and dynamic color relationships. Although Op Art images are static they generate the illusion of movement with perceptual tricks that create an unstable picture surface. The effects of this can be so strong that you have to look away for fear of losing your balance or hurting your eyes. Needless to say that the fairground fun aspect of Op Art was very popular with the public and was quickly commercialized by the design and fashion industries.
source http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/timelines/modern_art_timeline.htm
Pop Art
Pop Art
(1954-1970)
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987
)
'Campbell's Soup 1 (Tomato)', 1968
(silkscreen on canvas)
'Campbell's Soup 1 (Tomato)', 1968
(silkscreen on canvas)
Pop Art
was the art movement that characterized a sense of optimism during the
post war consumer boom of the 1950's and 60's. It coincided with the
globalization of pop music and youth culture, personified by Elvis and
The Beatles.
Pop Art was brash, colorful, young, fun and hostile to the artistic establishment. It included different styles of painting and sculpture from various countries, but what they all had in common was an interest in popular culture.
The stark look of Pop Art emerged from a fusion of Dada collages and 'readymades' with the imagery of the consumer culture. It was seen as an antidote to the introspection of Abstract Expressionism. The expressive techniques of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg provided the stylistic link between Abstract Expressionism and Pop but the images of celebrity and consumerism by Andy Warhol and the comic book iconography of Roy Lichtenstein represent the style as we know it today.
source http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/timelines/modern_art_timeline.htm
Pop Art was brash, colorful, young, fun and hostile to the artistic establishment. It included different styles of painting and sculpture from various countries, but what they all had in common was an interest in popular culture.
The stark look of Pop Art emerged from a fusion of Dada collages and 'readymades' with the imagery of the consumer culture. It was seen as an antidote to the introspection of Abstract Expressionism. The expressive techniques of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg provided the stylistic link between Abstract Expressionism and Pop but the images of celebrity and consumerism by Andy Warhol and the comic book iconography of Roy Lichtenstein represent the style as we know it today.
source http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/timelines/modern_art_timeline.htm
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