Late 20 th Century Late Modern Art Part I.

Late 20th Century

Late Modern ArtPart I

Abstract Expression

aka The New York School

“NO CHAOS DAMN IT.”----Jackson

Pollock

Pollock, Number 1 (Lavender Mist) 1950

Pollock, Number 1 (Lavender Mist) 1950

“We favor the simple expression

of the complex thought.”

----Mark Rothko

Rothko, No. 14 , 1960

Rothko, No. 14 , 1960

Rothko, No. 14 , 1960

Compare these

Questions to Consider

•What are the dominant colors?

•What are the basic shapes?•What is the relationship if the title to the work?

•Describe the approach to painting the artists used.

Compare these

DeKooning, Woman 1, 1950-1952

DeKooning, Woman 1, 1950-1952

Minimalism

M SS NG

Thiiief!

-----George Swede

Judd, Untitled, 1969

Judd, Untitled, 1969

Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981-1983

Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981-1983

Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981-1983

Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981-1983

Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981-1983

Pop Art

Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes so Different, So Appealing, 1956

Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes so Different, So Appealing, 1956

Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes so Different, So Appealing, 1956

“It was hard to get a painting that was

despicable enough so that no one would hang it. Everyone was hanging

everything. It was almost acceptable to hang a dripping paint rag.”

-----Roy Lichtenstein

Lichtenstein, Hopeless, 1963

Benday Dots

“I think it would be terrific if everyone looked alike. I want everybody to think alike. I think everybody should be a machine.”-----Andy Warhol

Warhol, Marilyn Diptych, 1962

Earth Art

Serra, Tilted Arc, 1981

Serra, Tilted Arc, 1981

Serra, Tilted Arc, 1981

"The viewer becomes aware of himself and of his

movement through the plaza. As he moves, the sculpture changes. Contraction and expansion of the sculpture

result from the viewer's movement. Step by step the

perception not only of the sculpture but of the entire

environment changes.“---Richard Serra

Removed 1989

Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970,

Great Salt Lake, Utah

Smithson, Spiral Jetty,

1970, Great Salt Lake, Utah

Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, Great

Salt Lake, Utah

Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, Great Salt

Lake, Utah

Spiral Jetty•1500 feet long•15 feet wide•Mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks, earth, and water

Christo & Jean

Claude, Surround

ed Island, 1980-1983, Miami, Florida