ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 28 Outline of Current Lecture I. Abstract ExpressionismCurrent Lecture- Abstract expressionism- began in NYCo Result of historical circumstances influencing the artists psyche 1941 Pearl Harbor and US enter WWII 1944 Hitler and WWII come to an end US rises to economic power 1945 Pledge of Allegiance instituted into schools 1945 Beginning of the Cold War 1944 women obtain credit cars- feminist movement- Walker Evans “Subway Portrait”o Part of serieso Notion of subway was a prison- George Tooker “Subway”o Public space evolved into prison- Clement Greenbergo Praised art that was nonrepresentationalo Only expression of new formso Cant possess reality or figural senceo Art Is non referentialo Painting should be flat or 2Do Idea of furity paiting- Hans Hoffmano Made the bridge to Abstract expressionsm- Hans Hoffman “Table with Teakettle, Green Vase, Red Flowers” 1936- Hoffman “The Gate” o Surface painitng emphasizing structureo Combined vibrant colorso Cubist filtered approacho Push and pull of colors- visual movement- Gorky Arshile “The Artist and his Mother” 1929- Gorky “ORGANZIATION” 1933’ - Gorky “The Liver is the Cock’s Comb” 1944o Represents wild and dead landcapeThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Met Breton (author of surrealism)- Abstract Expressionismo 2 strains Action painting- ie Jackson Kooning, kline, Krasner, Tobey- Spontaneous gesture inacted on canvas Colorfield Painting: Mark Rothko, Barnett Newmann, Clyford Stll, Adolph Gotlieb, Robert Motherwell- Unified color or color space- Adolph Gottlieb “Eyes of Oedipus” 1945o Greek mythology in abstract formo Ideograms- 2D forms- Mark Rothko “Sacrifice of Iphigenia” 1942- Rothko “Untitled” 1949o Forms began to be floating colored shapes with loos undefined edgeso Creating luminous effecto Reverting to stable geometries of cubism- Willem de Kooning “Woman I” 1950 Woman as sex
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