….One prevailing Modernist concept of the artist
and artistic work involves the conviction that art is
first and foremost in the service of the artist's own
expression.
…Contemporary art …often plays the role of
trickster, healer, or alchemist, helping us observe
and consider our world, beliefs, and daily lives in
fundamentally new ways. Artworks that sneak up
on us and surprise us may be able to do so
because they are in disguise….
Drawing Outside the Lines catalog copy
Modernism
in a Nutshell
The Enlightenment
[17th – late 19th centuries]
The Swing, 1766, Fragonard,
Liberty Leading the People 1830, Delacroix,
Arcadian Shepherds ,1650 , Poussin, Louvre,
Wallace Collection, London, England
Louvre, Paris, France
Paris, France
Odalisque with Slave ,1841, Ingres,
Anatomy Lesson Rembrandt, 1634,
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Mauritshuis, Hague, Netherlands
Mountain Landscape with Bridge,
Gainsborough, 1784,
private collection(?)/Artstpr.org
Marcel Duchamp
(1887-1968)
Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1876, Renoir,
Self portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1890, Van Gogh,
Musee d’Orsay, France
Courtauld Institute Galleries
The Scream, 1893, Munch,
Impression, Sunrise, 1872, Monet,
Nasjonalgalleriet (Norway)
Musée Marmottan, Paris
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Bottle Rack, 1914
(1964 replica of the 1914 work),
readymade
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In Advance of the Broken Arm,
1964, readymade
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Fountain,
1917 (1964 replica of original)
readymade
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Mile of String, installation, 1951
Wanted, $2,000 Reward, 1923,
photos mounted on lithograph
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Rrose Selavy, Man Ray, photo, 1921
Wanted, $2,000 Reward, 1923,
photos mounted on lithograph
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John Cage
(1912 – 1992)
Score for John Cage’s 4’, 33”
Performing 4’33” by John Cage, photo, John Neff / Artnet.com
Deodesign.wordpress..org
John Cage musical score
The Bride and the Bachelors: Five Masters of the Avant-Garde by Calvin Tomkins
Sample pages from four scores by John Cage
Diagonal thoughts.com
another variation of the score for Fontana Mix, 1958
(The Shapes of Indeterminacy: John Cage's Variations I and Variations II , by David P. Miller, 2003)
One possible version of the Variations II score
Greg.org
Score for Chess Pieces, 1940, paint and collage on canvas
Robert Rauschenberg
(1925-2008)
Artstor.org
White Painting, 1951, house paint on canvas
Woman I,
Willem De Kooning
oil on canvas
1950-52
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De Kooning Drawing
Erased by Rauschenberg,
1953, erased drawing
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Monogram, 1955 – 59, combine
Odalisk, 1955-58, combine
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Dailyventure.com
obelisk
“A tall, slender four-sided pillar, gradually
tapering as it rises, having the top in the
form of a pyramid.” (Webster’s)
odalisque
“A female slave or concubine in an
Oriental harem.” (Webster’s)
Odalisque and Slave by Ingres
Washington Monument, Washington DC
Odalisk, 1955-58, combine
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Canyon, 1959, combine
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Bed,
1955,
combine
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Tracer, 1963,
oil and silkscreen
on canvas
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Tracer, 1963,
oil and silkscreen
on canvas
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Venus at a Mirror,
1615, Peter Paul Rubens
oil on canvas
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Persimmon,
1964, oil and silkscreen
on canvas
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Skyway, 1964,
oil and silkscreen
on canvas
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Tire Print, 1951, monoprint on paper, 16 x 264 inches
Considerations