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20th century American Art
Pre-Modern Art in USA:American Regionalism
• Art in American during 1920s, 1930s• Rejection of European art styles• Celebration of American values
American GothicbyGrant Wood
Early Sunday Morning by Edward Hopper
Nighthawks Edward Hopper
The Planting by Thomas Hart Benton
Modern Art in America
• Influences– Great Depression– World War II– Immigration of great European artists to
America
After World War II
• New art of the 1950s• New York becomes center of art world• Abstract expressionism comes to
America• Jackson Pollock introduces “Action
Painting”
Woman and BicyclebyWillem de Kooning
Abstract Expressionism
Action Painting
• Type of abstract expressionism• Founder: Jackson Pollock• Influenced by automatism
– unchecked self-expression• Emphasis on creative “act” of
expression, not the result
Jackson Pollock
Number 8, 1949 by Jackson Pollock, 1949
Lavender Mist, No. 1, 1050 by Jackson Pollock, 1950
Pop art
• Reaction against abstract expressionism
• Named after British “popular” art movement
• Featured images from popular culture, machine-made items
• Andy Warhol: leader of movement
200 Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962, by Andy Warhol (p. 461, ArtForms)
Gun by Andy Warhol
MarilynbyAndy Warhol
Two Cheeseburgers with Everything (Dual Hamburgers), 1962. Plaster. By Claes Oldenburg(p. 461, Preble. ArtForms)
“I am for Kool-Art, 7-UP art, Pepsi-art, Sunshine art, 39 cents art…Menthol art…Rx art…Now art…I am for U.S. Government Inspected Art, Grade A art, Regular Price art, Yellow Ripe art, Extra Fancy art, Ready-to-eat art.”
Claes Oldenburg, quoted from ArtForms, p. 460.
Op Art
• “Optical” painting• 1960s• manipulates line & color• stimulates eye• creates perception of movement
Entrance to Green, 1970, byRichard Anuszkiewicz(p. 451, Understanding Art)
One and Three Chairs,1965,(wooden chair, photocopy of chair, & definition of chair)byJoseph Kosuth(p. 464, ArtForms)
Conceptual art• About ideas
Color Field Painting
• Large areas of color• No obvious structure or focus• Environments of color• Usually very large paintings
Blue, Orange, Red,1961, 90”x81”byMark Rothko(p. 442, Understanding Art)
Photo-Realism
• Impersonal• Highly realistic• Influenced by photography• Usually no narrative significance
(doesn’t tell a story)
Photo-Realism & Chuck Close
Tourists1970, fiberglass,byDuane Hanson(p. 474, ArtForms)
Walk, Don’t Run1976 installationbyGeorge Segal(p. 474, ArtForms)
Earthworks & Site-Specific art
• Usually sculptural• Large scale• Earth work: manipulates natural
materials from the environment• Site-specific: designed for particular
spot
Spiral Jetty, 1970, by Robert Smithson. Great Salt Lake, Utah. 1500’x15’ (p. 466, ArtForms)
Lightning Fields, 1971-79, 400 stainless steel 20’7” polesby Walter de Maria (p. 465, ArtForms)
Running Fence,1972-76,byChristo.18’x24.5 miles.(p. 465, ArtForms)
Rocket to the Moon,1967, collagebyRomare Bearden(p. 10, ArtForms)
African-American artists
Feminist art
• Influenced by female gender• Promotes gender-related issues• Sometimes uses female imagery
The Dinner Party, 1979, mixed media, 48’x48’x48’by Judy Chicago (p. 488, ArtForms)
Guerilla Girls, 1992, Feminist Performance Art.(p. 489, ArtForms)
Women & Dog,1964,byMarisol(p. 458, Understanding Art)
Performance art
• Drama and art combined• Dramatic presentation by visual artist(s)• Presented before audience, sometimes
unsuspecting and unaware• Not presented in formal theatrical
setting
The Social Mirror, 1983, Performance art with 20-ton garbage truckby Mierle Laderman Ukeles (p. 483, ArtForms)
Swimmin’ the River, 1987--, 2552 mile swim,Performance artby Billy Curmano (p. 481, ArtForms)
Folk Art• Art by untrained artists• Sometimes “visionary”
Coke Bottle,by Howard Finster