From 1900 to the Present
Sayre – Chapter 21
Part II
American Painting
• Greatly influenced by the Depression
• Greatly influenced by regional identity
Hopper
(Fig 702/21-17)
Abstract Expressionism
1950/60s
• Abstract Expressionism a.k.a. The New York
School
• Reaction against dominant styles in the U.S. of
the 1930s and 1940s (Social Realism and
Regionalism)
• Immigration of European artists from WWII
torn Europe into the U.S.
• “Hole” in European art centers created by
WWII
Abstract Expressionism (continued)
• First major original direction in history of American
painting
• For the first time in history, the U.S. (specifically New
York City) becomes the art center of the world
• Characterized by the movement’s title
Abstract + Expressionism
• A.E. falls into two categories:
1. Action Painting (a.k.a. Gestural Painting)
2. Color Field Painting
Pollock
(Fig 172/7-14)
Pollock
A film directed by and
starring Ed Harris
2000
Pollock
(Fig 174/7-15)
Rothko
(Fig 705/21-20)
Rothko Chapel
Pop Art – 1960s
• Reaction against personal nature of Abstract
Expressionism
• Pop artists turn to subjects around them from
popular culture
• Depersonalized images from the booming U.S.
consumer culture (mass media, mass
production)
Warhol
(Fig 278/10-34)
Oldenburg
(Fig 200/8-20)
Minimalism – 1960s
• Minimalism = “extreme visual reduction”
• Another reaction against Abstract
Expressionism
• De-personalization…stress of art object
itself…the medium is the art…artist’s role in
the creation is de-emphasized
• Elimination of narrative which “gets in the
way” of the medium
Stella
(Fig 708/21-23)
PostModern Art (a.k.a.)
Contemporary Art
• Art from the 1970s to present is typically
referred to as “contemporary”
• “Pluralism” – several types of art co-exist
simultaneously…not dominated by one type
• Even more difficult to place a particular artist
in a particular category
A Few Movements in
PostModern/Contemporary Art…
Feminist Art
• Feminist Art Movement of the 1970s began at
the Feminist Art Program in California founded
by Miriam Schapiro and Judy Chicago
• Goal: to address gender inequality in the arts
at an institutional level
Figs 423 and 424/
14-12 and 14-13
by Judy Chicago
Jen Monroe – Southern California
artist working today
http://www.jenmonroe.com/Gallery_1.html
Why Buy the Cow?
Environmental Art
• Movement begun in the 1960s and 1970s to take art
out of the marketplace and back to nature
• Influenced by the Environmental Movement also
beginning at this time (Environmental Protection
Agency – EPA)
• Environmental art (a.k.a. earthworks) – site specific
sculpture calling attention to the natural site, often
using natural, raw materials found at the site
Smithson
(Fig 395/13-35)
Robert Goldsworthy- Scottish artist
working today (Fig 63/4-3)
Art and Censorship
Extra Credit Essay for Last Exam
(Figure 46/3-4)
Censorship is not an isolated
incident artists confront “once in
in a while”…
Men of Honor Exhibit
HCC’s 3100 Main Gallery
Current Display
up until May 3, 2013