Similar to the way our society is today, the 20th century art culture had started to break away from the norm with abstractive works that caught the eye of many viewers. Known for their bizarre appearances and seemingly pointless marks of color, abstract art has transformed into an art that has hidden meanings and triggers several emotions. While they may seem to represent a certain object, the artist tends to have different intentions behind their brush strokes. With this in mind, art was transformed into a more expressive movement and has permanently changed to this day with some of the most outlandish pieces of art. Kasimir Malevich is known taking a leap of faith with his “Black Square” painting he completed in 1915. From a simple, straight-forward view this piece corresponds with its title as a perfectly squared geometric shape filled in with a deep black paint. However this art piece started a movement called Suprematism, implying the supremacy of this new art in relation to the past art. When painting this series of “non-objective” pieces, he saw it as purely for the pleasure of painting the free form of a shape without the pressure of any political and social meanings. Getting the reactions he knew he would from critics, he tried to spark some emotions with his art by using shapes as simple as a black square; he wanted people to take time to explore the square and their feelings. With this clever movement, the following years were filled with several similar pieces of art triggering a never ending change in the art world. The next prominent piece of abstract art that sparked lots of attention was Piet Mondrian’s “Broadway Boogie-Woogie”. The painting is a mix of yellow, red, blue and gray squares on a white background, assorted in lines almost in a chaotic form; however, this was the intention of Mondrian. When he moved to New York, he created this piece inspired by the world around him simulating the city grids of Manhattan taxis and the “boogie woogie” music which he loved to dance to. When knowing his intentions, you can almost picture the colored squares moving around while swing music playing in the background. The vibrant colors could represent the loud noises of a trumpet or even the horns from traffic, the rest is left to viewer’s imagination. Abstract art was a whole new world where people could start to interact with the actual paintings even if
vanguard emerged in the early 1940s, primarily in New York, where a small group of loosely affiliated artists created a stylistically diverse body of work that introduced radical new directions in art—and shifted the art world's focus. Never a formal association, the artists known as "Abstract Expressionists" or "The New York School" did, however, share some common assumptions. Among others, artists such as Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), Franz Kline (1910–1962), Lee Krasner…
order and restraint. The reaction had developed in France in the mid-17th century and eventually 30 years later it had developed in England. The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries is a wonderful piece of artwork that is by the neoclassical artist Jacques Louis Davis in 1812. This artwork was first originally painted on a canvas with oil. This painting has been redone many of times. By Davis redoing the artwork it helped portray Napoleon as more of an assertive figure. This artwork as well…
aftermath of WWII many artists sought to tap into their creativity in new and unexplored ways. The abstract expressionists felt that the unconscious was the great source of creativity in all people and in order to truly succeed one must pull from the ether of the mind, the unseen, instead of the things that one can see with their eyes. Through their dissatisfaction with the normal means of representation, many new styles and ways of expressing oneself came into play. Two artists who are not necessarily…
Abstract Art Abstract Expressionism is a form of art (mainly painting) that developed after one of the most difficult periods in human history. This period began during the great depression in the 1930's and ended with the end of World War II in 1945. When the war ended, Germany, Italy and Japan had been defeated and much of Europe and Japan were in ruins. The human loss in the Nazi concentration camps had been exposed in all of its horror and the United States had dropped atomic bombs on…
found this to be true in my own life and also in the story of Rothko Eggs. Different styles of art attract different personalities and opinions; this is shown exceptionally in the story of Rothko eggs. The main character in the story prefers abstract art to realism, Realism being a style of art that is considered to be realistic. She expresses her disapproval for realism by explaining to us how everything is already “there”. From her explanation for this I can understand. In my experience at…
The artist of this extreme painting uses the shades of red, blue, and black bring out visual image and abstract figures similar to those found in works of some of the world's acclaimed artists. Abstract arts like these ones, unlike paintings of objects, know no limits. The shapes that make up the arts fuse together and, the different shades of colors used to make the painting often flow together to create a balanced pattern into a brutal burst. Either way, abstract artists concerns themselves with…
carry out public works projects, employed many artists etc. Abstract Expressionism: American post-WWII movement, (NY 1940s), large blocks of color, (Jackson Pollock) Carl Jung: expressed himself through dreams German Expressionism: Analytic Cubism: developed by Picasso& Braque specific shapes and characteristic details that represent the whole object Vladimir Lenin: leader of Bolshevik Communist Party Clement Greenberg: promoted abstract expressionist movement and praised Pollock Der…
The dominant figure that steered the course of the Abstract Expressionist movement was the infamous painter Jackson Pollock. He was born Paul Jackson Pollock in Cody, Wyoming on January 28, 1912. He was the fifth and youngest son and grew up in Arizona and California after his family left him when he was a little over one year old. Pollock's artistic journey began at the Manual Arts School in Los Angeles, California where he joined two of his brothers. From there, he went on to New York to attend…
Gurshtein November 25, 2014 Abstract expressionism revolutionized American culture during the postwar era. Works transcended from standard, generic, easel paintings, to gestural compositions. Art became more objective, and viewers were encouraged to respond with their own interpretations, liberating the art realm to have infinite meaning. The classifications of art became more ambiguous, as artists explored different mediums of self-expression. Frank Stella, an American bred Artist, contributed tremendously…
was a member of a group of artist called the Nabis, which is Hebrew for prophet. Paul Serusier convened the Nabis, which consisted of several artists from the Academie Julian in Paris. They were greatly influenced by the Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gaugin. Like many Impressionists and Post-Impressionists artist, they were galvanized by thick outlines and bold patterns that typified Japanese art. In spite of the fact that they were all diverse, they agreed that as artists, they were creators of intuitive…
