AP Art History
Teacher: Ms. Shrage
Chapter 36 Slide List: Europe and America After 1945
Key Concepts:
Historical context: artists responded to WWII and to the world after the introduction of the atom
bomb.
Art: Postmodernism—a rejection of the modernist art. Pluralism—development of a multitude of
styles and types of art.
Postwar Expressionism in Europe
1. Francis Bacon (1910-1992), Painting, 1946, oil and pastel on linen, MoMA.
2. Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Man Pointing, 1947, bronze, no. 5 of 6, Nathan Emory
Coffin Collection of the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines.
Abstract Expressionism
Gestural Abstraction
3. Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Autumn Rhythm, (Number 30), 1950, o/c, MoMA
4. Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Woman I, 1950-1952, o/c, MoMA.
Chromatic Abstraction
5. Mark Rothko (1903-70), No. 14, 1960, o/c, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Post-Painterly Abstraction
Hard Edge
6. Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923), Red Blue Green, 1963, o/c, Museum of Contemporary Art,
San Diego.
7. Frank Stella (b.1936), Mas o Menos, 1964, Metallic powder in acrylic emulsion on
canvas, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidous, Paris.
Color Field
8. Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928), Bay Side, 1967, Acrylic on canvas, Private collection,
NY
Minimalism
9. Donald Judd, Untitled, 1969, brass and colored fluorescent plexiglass on steel brackets,
Hirshhorn Museum of Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Pop Art
10. Jasper Johns, Flag, encaustic, oil and collage on fabric mounted on plywood, MoMA.
11. Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925), Canyon, 1959, oil, pencil, paper, fabric, metal,
cardboard box, printed paper, printed reproductions, photograph, wood, paint tube, and
mirror on canvas, with oil on bald eagle, string and pillow, Sonnabend Collection, NY.
12. Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), Hopeless, 1963, o/c, Offentliche Kunstsammlungsel.
13. Warhol, Marilyn Diptych, 1962, oil, acrylic and silkscreen enamel on canvas, Tate
Gallery, London.
14. Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929), Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpiller Tracks. Steel,
aluminum, cast resin, painted with polyurethane enamel, 1969-74, Morse College
Courtyard, Yale
Neo-Expressionism
15. Anselm Kiefer, Nigredo, 1984, oil, acrylic, emulsion, straw, shellac, and other media,
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Feminist
16. Judy Chicago (b. 1939), The Dinner Party, multimedia, including ceramics and
stitchery, 1979.
17. Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My face), 1981. photograph,
Mary Boone Gallery, NY.
18. Cindy Sherman, Untitled #228, from the History Portraits series, 1990, photograph
Other Social and Political Art
19. Jeff Koons, Pink Panther, 1988, MoMA.
20. Jean-Michel Basquiat, Horn Players, Acrylic on canvas, 1983, Eli Broad Foundation,
Santa Monica
21. Louise Bourgeois, Maman, 1999, bronze, marble, steel, Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain
22. Faith Ringgold, Dancing at the Louvre, from the French Collection, Part 1, #1, acrylic
on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric, 1991, private collection.
23. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Gifts for Trading Land with White People, oil on mixed
media on canvas, 1992, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA.
24. Kiki Smith, Lying with the Wolf. Ink and pencil on paper, 2001, Pompidou, Paris
25. Kara Walker, Darkytown Rebellion. Cut paper and light projections, 2001
26. Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (after Fragonard), 2001, mixed media, Tate Modern,
London
Postmodernist Critique of Art History
27. Mark Tansey (b. 1949), A Short History of Modernist Painting, 1982, o/c, three panels,
Curt Marcus Gallery.
Architecture and Site-Specific Art
28. Frank Lloyd Wright, Guggenheim Museum, NY, 1943-59
29. Maya Lin (b. 1960), Vietnam Veterans Memorial, black granite, Washington, DC.
Postmodernist Architecture
30. Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, Georges Pompidou National Center of Art and
Culture, Paris, 1977
Deconstructivist Architecture
31. Frank Gehry (b. 1929), Guggenheim Museum, 1997, Bilbao, Spain.
Site-Specific and Environmental Art
32. Robert Smithson (1938-1973), Spiral Jetty, 1970, Black rock, salt crystals, earth, red
water (algae) at Great Salt Lake, Utah.
33. Christo and Jeanne-Claude (both b. 1939), Wrapped Reichtag, 1971-95 (now
removed). Berlin
34. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The Gates, installed 2005, Central Park, NY
Performance Art
35. Marina Abramovic, The Artist is Present, 2010, MoMA
Conceptual Art
36. Bruce Nauman (b. 1941), The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths,
1967, Neon with glass tubing, private collection.
New Media
37. Bill Viola, The Crossing, 1996, Video/sound installation.
38. Nam Jun Paik, Electronic Superhighway, mixed media installation, 1995
39. Matthew Barney, Cremaster cycle, installation a the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
NY, 2003.
40. El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth, aluminum and copper wire, 2003, Harn Museum of Art,
Gainesville, FL
41. Ai Weiwei, Kui Hua (Sunflower Seeds). Sculpted and painted porcelain, 2010-11, Tate
Modern, London