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Jeff Koons Rabbit (1986) Stainless steal Shelter (1997)
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Late 20th Century into the 21st Century
Contemporary / Post-Modern Art 2
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Contemporary Art (Late 20th Century – Now)
Pluralism (many different styles) Post-Modern Art - Combines a Variety of Styles from Past and Present New Mediums Technology Ephemeral Art (art that is temporary) Challenges the Viewer, Shocks, Surprises, Humor Deals with Current Issues – Society and Politics 3
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Super-realism American Art Movement in late 1960’s – 1970’s
Extension of Pop Art (similar subjects, but different style) Highly detailed and realistic (sometimes called Photorealism) 4
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Chuck Close, Big Self-Portrait, 1967 – 1968, Acrylic on Canvas (8’11” x 11’2”)
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Large Scale Portrait Paintings based on Photographs
Avoided creative compositions, flattering lighting, and facial expressions Chuck Close, Big Self- Portrait, 1967 – 1968, Acrylic on Canvas (8’11” x 11’2”) 6
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Comparison 8
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Site-specific Art / Environmental Art
Progressive Movement developed in the 1960’s in USA Increased concerns about environment (pollution, litter, urban sprawl) Challenges traditional assumptions about art 9
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence (California, USA), synthetic fabric, cable, steel, 10
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40 Kilometer long nylon fence
5.5 meters high 40 Kilometer long nylon fence Environmental art project Artists claim that the art has no meaning. Their goal is to create something beautiful and to see the landscape in a new way. Money raised by selling their preliminary drawings Christo and Jeanne- Claude, Running Fence (California, USA), Pink woven synthetic fabric, 11
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Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, Black rock, salt crystals, earth, red water (Utah, USA)
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Manipulated the earth the create an environmental sculpture
“enduring power of nature” Inspired by the location and the molecular structure of salt crystals that coat the rocks Spiral Jetty under water Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, Black rock, salt crystals, earth, red water (Utah, USA) 13
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Andy Goldsworthy Knotweed Stalks Land Art (sticks in water) 1998
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(Land Art - sticks in water) 1998
- Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist - Artist only uses natural materials (leaves, flowers, sticks, ice, rocks, etc.) - Photography plays an important role in the work because the art is temporary - Artist is the subject of a documentary film, Rivers and Tides, 2001 Andy Goldsworthy Knotweed Stalks (Land Art - sticks in water) 1998
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Post-Pop Artists still influenced by Pop Art from the 1960’s
Consumerism and Popular culture Humor 16
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Jeff-Koons, Pink Panther, 1988, Porcelain sculpture
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Magazine centerfold with well-known cartoon character
Commercialism / Consumerism Kitsch (bad taste) “everything wrong with contemporary American society” Jeff-Koons, Pink Panther, 1988, Porcelain sculpture 18
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Keith Haring, Untitled, 1985, Mixed Media on Canvas
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Keith Haring friends with Andy Warhol
Keith Haring started by drawing in NY Subways (related to Grafitti art / Street Art) Keith Haring friends with Andy Warhol East-Village New York style Art for “the people” Keith Haring, Untitled, 1985, Mixed Media on Canvas 20
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Yayoi Kusama, Dots Obsession, Installation (balloons and vinyl), 2011
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Japanese avant-garde artist (and writer) who brings together pop art, minimalism, feminism, surrealism, abstract expressionism Mediums: sculpture, painting, film, fashion, performance art, fiction, installation (art in a space that creates an environment) Lived in New York in 1960s where she met Andy Warhol (Now lives in Tokyo) In 2008, her art sold for a record 5.1 million US dollars (highest price ever for a woman artist) Yayoi Kusama, Dots Obsession, Installation (balloons and vinyl), 2011
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Yayoi Kusama
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Art and Society Art as a social tool used to help change society
Social and Political issues Art by and for minorities (issues of gender, race, sexuality) 24
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Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35, 1979, Black-and-white photograph
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Sherman plays different roles in her photographs (dressed in costume) -
Not a Self-Portrait Feminism - Questions how women have been portrayed in movies, photography, art Photography shows the shutter release cable on the floor (artist took her own photograph) Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35, 1979, Black-and-white photograph 26
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Barbara Kruger, Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am), 1987, Photographic silkscreen on vinyl
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Deceptiveness of Media’s messages
Look of Advertising Challenges Advertising (Kruger worked as a graphic designer before becoming an artist) Deceptiveness of Media’s messages “I think, therefore I am” - Philosophical statement by Descartes Barbara Kruger, Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am), 1987, Photographic silkscreen on vinyl 28
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Coca-Cola Vase Ai Weiwei Painted Neolithic vase (5000BC) 2007
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- Critical of the effects of Capitalism in China
- Highly and openly critical of the Chinese government’s stance on democracy and human rights - Reference to Pop Art (Warhol) - Ai Weiwei creates sculpture, installation art, sculpture, photography, and film, and soon to release heavy metal rock music album Coca-Cola Vase, Ai Weiwei Painted Neolithic vase (5000BC) 2007
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Ai Weiwei dropping a Han Dynasty urn (2000 Year old vase), Performance
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Never Sorry Documentary Film about Ai Weiwei 2012
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Performance Art Avant-garde art form started in 1960’s
Action as an artform Multimedia New way to express ideas / concepts Ephemeral art form (temporary, element of time) 33
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Joseph Beuys, How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, 1965, Performance art
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“the condition of modern humanity”
Sacred ritual “the condition of modern humanity” Head coated with honey and covered with gold leaf (spiritual power) Joseph Beuys, How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, 1965, Performance art 35
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Laurie Anderson, O Superman, 1985, Performance Art
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Anderson wrote music and lyrics
Experimentation with sound (electric violin and synthesized voice) Feminist art combining elements of pop art, pop music, World music, dada Laurie Anderson, O Superman, 1985, Performance Art 37
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Technology and Art Video, Digital Imagery
Artists started experimenting with video in 1960’s Looking at an image in a video monitor / screen (related to Renaissance idea of looking through a frame into a picture) Element of time 38
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Jenny Holzer, Protect Me From What I Want, 1988, LED Electronic Signboard (Times Square, New York City) 39
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Uses advertising format to deliver messages
Social Consciousness Uses advertising format to deliver messages Art in Public Spaces Jenny Holzer, Protect Me From What I Want, 1988, LED Electronic Signboard (Times Square, New York City) 40
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Judy Chicago Triangular form of the table refers to the ancient symbol for both woman and goddess Notion of dinner party alludes to women’s traditional role as homemakers Among the invited guests are Georgia O’Keefe, Hatshepsut, Virginia Wolf, Sacagawea, and Susan B. Anthony Each guest has eating utensils, a plate, and a goblet with imagery that reflects significant facts about her life and culture Each plate incorporates the butterfly and vulva motif – butterfly was a symbol liberation and the vulva as the symbol of female sexuality
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Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939)
Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). The Dinner Party (Mary Wollstonecraft (Shelley) and Sojourner Truth place settings), 1974–79. Mixed media: ceramic, porcelain, textile. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, © Judy Chicago.
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Kara Walker Uses images from historical textbooks to show how African American slaves were depicted during the Antebellum south One foot is in the historical realism of slavery and the other in the fantastical space of the romantic novel These works simultaneously seduce and implicate the audience The show's title, "My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love," points to the complexity of the black-white relationship. Her work has been criticized by other artists, intellectuals and collectors as exploiting stereotypes. Of mocking or aggravating the victim's suffering. And maybe she does. Is that unfair? Or tough love?
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Kara Walker Nightmarish yet fantastical images incorporate a cinematic feel Uses the traditionally popular Victorian medium of sihouette and places it on the walls The figures typically inflict violence on one another
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