20th century Modern Art - The Cold War - Abstract Expressionism
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What do you know about Action Painting?
- One of the 3 Abstract Expressionism styles in the USA.
- ca. 1940-1960.
- Also called Gesture Painting.
- No composition, pure improvisation.
- ALL OVER COMPOSITION: their is no focal point anymore, every piece of the canvas is as important.
- Dripping technique.
- Dripping paint on the canvas (Pollock).
- Scale is important, had to be on a large scale in order for it to work.
- Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is one of the most important artists.
What do you know about Colorfield Painting?
- One of the 3 styles of Abstract Expressionism.
- About the expressive possibilities of color.
- Central: the relationship between the canvas and the artist.
- Characteristics:
- Large areas of (flat) color.
- Large format canvasses.
- All over composition.
- Meditation Fields.
What do you know about Hard Edge Painting?
- One of the three Abstract Expressionism styles.
- Considered the second generation of Abstract Expressionists.
- They're less romantic.
- Characteristics:
- They have hard edges in their paintings.
- Abrupt transition between areas of color.
- Very sharp edges between their colors.
- No vague transition between colors.
- Integrate the shape of the canvas into the work.
- The shape determines the work, not the other way around.
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What do you know about this CANON painting?
- Ophir, by Frank Stella.
- Painted ca. 1960-61.
- Hard Edge Painting.
- Abrupt transitions between colors, no vague transition.
- Integrating the shape of the canvas into the work.
- Create an optical effect.
- Stella makes the transition from painting as an illusionist depiction of something, to being an object.
- Already announcing Minimal Art.
- Abstract Expressionism:
- New form of Abstraction.
- Art as spontaneous mean of expressing the artist's feeligns.
- In CANON:
- Hard Edge Painting.
- Announcing Minimal Art.
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