The document discusses the differences between modern and contemporary art. Modern art emerged in the late 19th century and focused on surrealism, while contemporary art developed after the 1960s and emphasizes the idea over visuals. Several movements like Abstract Expressionism, Optical Art, and Kinetic Art occurred between modern and contemporary art. The document also outlines various contemporary art movements including Pop Art, Conceptualism, Performance Art, and Street Art.
The document discusses the differences between modern and contemporary art. Modern art emerged in the late 19th century and focused on surrealism, while contemporary art developed after the 1960s and emphasizes the idea over visuals. Several movements like Abstract Expressionism, Optical Art, and Kinetic Art occurred between modern and contemporary art. The document also outlines various contemporary art movements including Pop Art, Conceptualism, Performance Art, and Street Art.
The document discusses the differences between modern and contemporary art. Modern art emerged in the late 19th century and focused on surrealism, while contemporary art developed after the 1960s and emphasizes the idea over visuals. Several movements like Abstract Expressionism, Optical Art, and Kinetic Art occurred between modern and contemporary art. The document also outlines various contemporary art movements including Pop Art, Conceptualism, Performance Art, and Street Art.
The document discusses the differences between modern and contemporary art. Modern art emerged in the late 19th century and focused on surrealism, while contemporary art developed after the 1960s and emphasizes the idea over visuals. Several movements like Abstract Expressionism, Optical Art, and Kinetic Art occurred between modern and contemporary art. The document also outlines various contemporary art movements including Pop Art, Conceptualism, Performance Art, and Street Art.
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LESSON 9
CAUGHT IN BETWEEN : MODERN
AND CONTEMPORARY ART What is Modern Art? • Period that began in the 1880’s and lasted until 1960’s. • Focused on surrealism rather than depicted life as perceived by the church or influential in society. • Denotes the styles and philosophy of the art produced during that era. • The devotion of artist to a strict narrative was often illustrated in their figurative works. • Artist were committed to developing a language of their own original but representative. • It tends to find the pure idea of art. What is Contemporary Art? • Developed after the 1960’s and still emerging. • “ present” “today” or “now”. • Concerned about the purity in art. • It was the idea that was more important than its visual articulation. • It turns the traditional paintings and sculptures to more experimental formats SEVERAL MOVEMENTS YHAT WERE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE SUCCESSION OF MODERN CONTEMPORARY ART. 1.) ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM (early 1940’s to mid- 1960’s) Basic tenets of abstraction and combined it with gestural techniques, mark making, and a rugged spontaneity in its visual articulation. Started in New York, hence also called New York School. 2 Major Styles emerged ACTION PAINTING COLOR FIELDS Showed physicality, direction and Emphasized the emotional power most often the spontaneity of the of colors. actions that made drips and strokes From vivid demarcations to more possible toned- down transitions. SEVERAL MOVEMENTS YHAT WERE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE SUCCESSION OF MODERN CONTEMPORARY ART. 2.) OPTICAL ART (early 1960 onwards) relied on creating illusion using colors, patterns, and other perspective tricks. Showed a ceratain kind of dynamism SEVERAL MOVEMENTS YHAT WERE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE SUCCESSION OF MODERN CONTEMPORARY ART. 3.) KINETIC ART ( 1950’s onward) harnessing the current and direction of wind Predominantly sculptural, most were mobiles and even motor-drive machines. Example of how art and technology can be brought together SEVERAL MOVEMENTS YHAT WERE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE SUCCESSION OF MODERN CONTEMPORARY ART. 4.) GUTAI (1950’s to 1970s) means embodiment and concreteness Goal was not only to explore the materiality of the implements used in the performance but also to hold a deeper desire to make sense of the relationship between the body, movements, and the spirit of their interaction during the process of creation. SEVERAL MOVEMENTS YHAT WERE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE SUCCESSION OF MODERN CONTEMPORARY ART. 5.) MINIMALISM (early 1960s) seen as an extreme type of abstraction that favoured geometric shapes, color fields, and use of materials that had an industrial the sparse. Avoided overt symbolism and emotional content but instead called attention to the materiality of the works. SEVERAL MOVEMENTS YHAT WERE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE SUCCESSION OF MODERN CONTEMPORARY ART. 6.) POP ART (1950s) Drew inspiration, sources, and even material from commercial culture, making it one of the most identifiable and relatable movement in art history. They turned to commodities designed and made for masses. SEVERAL MOVEMENTS YHAT WERE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE SUCCESSION OF MODERN CONTEMPORARY ART. 7.) POSTMODERNISM (1970S) most pertinent movement that solidified the move to contemporary art Included conceptual art, ne –expressionism , feminist art. OTHER CONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENTS 1. NEO-POP ART • In the 1980’s Andy Warhol renewed an interest in pop art, but it’s different from neo-pop art because of the first ideas of ‘Dada’ in which ready made materials were used. • Dada is a movement that was very much against values of the bourgeois the colonial and even the National. It was both anarchic, the war ensued because of the values, movements abhors or despises. OTHER CONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENTS 2. PHOTOREALISM • Painstaking attention to detail is aimed, without asserting the artist personal style. • Drawings and paintings are so immaculate in their precision that starts to look like it is photo without a direct reference to the artist who created it. • Chuck Close and Gerhard Richter – photorealist artists OTHER CONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENTS 3. CONCEPTUALISM • Informed and shaped by pop art • Fought against the idea that art is ‘commodity’. • Brought about by art institutions such as museums and galleries where works are peddled and circulated. • Jenny Holzer, Damien Hirst, Ai Wei Wei- conceptual artists OTHERCONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENTS 4. PERFORMANCE ART • Related to conceptual art, and began in the 1960’s • Most concerned about the heart of artwork rather than with entertaining the audience • May be planned /spontaneous or live/recorded, it is durational in nature and considered as ephemeral works of art. • Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono, and Joseph Beuys- rosters of well-known artists OTHER CONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENTS 5. INSTALLATION ART • Is a kind of immersive works • Large-scale ,installation art makes use of a host of objects, materials, conditions, and even light and aural components. • Considered site-specific and may be temporary or ephemeral in nature. • Allan Kaprow, Yayoi Kusama, and Dale Chihuly.- installation artists OTHER CONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENTS 6. EARTH ART/LAND ART • Considered as a kind or spin-off of installation • It is kind of human intervention into a specific landscape or terrain • It is different from environmental art in a sense that it does not focus on the subject but rather on landscape manipulation and the materials used taken directly from the ground or vegetation. • Robert Smithson, Christo, Richard Long, Andy Goldsworthy ,and Jeanne-Claude. OTHER CONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENTS 7. STREET ART • It is by-product of the rise of graffiti in the 1980’s • Artworks created are not traditional in format but are informed by the illustrative, painterly and print techniques and even a variety of media. • Most commonly found in the public sphere, various people who have access to them have formed the impression and perception of the artworks themselves. • This art is unsanctioned and do not enjoy the invigilated environments of museums and galleries.