Late 20 th Century Late Modern Art Part II
Architecture since WWII
Van der Rohe, Seagram Building, , New York, New York
“Less is More” ---Mies van der Rohe
Van der Rohe, Seagram Building, , New York, New York
Utzon, Sydney Opera House, , Sydney, Australia
Saarinen, TWA Terminal, , Queens, New York
Rogers & Piano, Pompidou Center, 1977, Paris, France
Red: transportation: escalators, stairs, elevators Green: plumbing Blue: air ducts, air conditioning Yellow: electricity
Rogers & Piano, Pompidou Center, 1977, Paris, France
Gehry, Guggenheim, 1997, Bilbao, Spain
Feminist Art
Chicago, Dinner Party,
Sherman, Untitled Film Still No. 35, 1979
Kruger, Untitled, 1981
Question 4: This work was made by the American artist Barbara Kruger. Analyze how Kruger uses image and text and appropriation to convey meaning in her work. (10 minutes)
Feminist Art Western civilization has been dominated by men and a male point of view. Traits of what is considered masculine and what is considered feminine are cultural constructs that are based on male dominance. Females have occupied a largely subordinate role to men in all fields of endeavor. Feminist criticism seeks, in part, to correct this imbalance.
Postmodernism
Arneson, California Artist, 1982
Koon, Pink Panther, 1988
Guerrilla Girls, Advantages of Being a Woman Artist, 1988
Modernism vs. Postmodernism Clean lines, spare, industrial Impersonal nature; denies artist’s hand Abstraction Little ornamentation Reaction to modernism Reasserts artist’s role Borrows from previous styles---often with sense of irony Uses ornamentation
"This is a glimpse of the video landscape of tomorrow, when you will be able to switch to any TV station on Earth, and TV Guide will be as fat as the Manhattan telephone book".
Video & Digital Art Computer Graphics
Paik, Global Groove, 1973
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Em, Nora, 1979
Oursler, Mansheshe 1997