midterm art since 1945 terms

existentialism/ existential philosophy

-associated with the idea that the spiritual does not construct meaning in the universe

-man is alone, isolated, and responsible for meaning

“St. Ives School”

Art Informel; automatism

Black mountain college

Biomorphic forms

Dynamic cubism

Clement Greenberg

an important art critic

-encourages the creation of autonomous, self referential works

Formalists

Autonomous

Abstract expressionism

Action painting

Color field painting

Heroic scale

Collective unconscious

Post modernism

artists driven by radical and forward thinking approach, technological positivity, and grand narratives of Western domination and progress

-questioned the master narratives that were embraced during the modern period, the notion that ALL PROGRESS, ESP TECHNOLOGICAL IS POSITIVE

-overturned the idea that there was one inherent meaning to a work of art

-the idea of breaking down distinctions between high and low art

Quotidian

Combines

Performance art

art that literally comes to life and is in the viewers space- exists temporarily, often captured in film and photographs

Happening

Guitai group

Flucus

Nouveau Réalistes

Pop art

-art movement generally associated with the 1960s in which artists integrated images from mass popular culture into high art
-questioned the definition of “art”
-defy the values of abstract expressionism

pop art characteristics 

recognizable imagery, drawn from media and popular culture
-bright colors
-irony and satire
-mixed media and collage

Benday dots

specific form of printing, the idea of creating printing through small little dots

The factory, silk-screen process

factory: art workshop

silk -screen process: industrial manufacturing technique, creates a lot of images in a fast way

Post-painterly abstraction

-term coined by Clement Greenberg
-broad term that encompasses a variety of styles that evolved in reaction to the painterly, gestural approaches of some Abstract Expressionism

Abstraction

Hard-edge painters

sort of a sub division of post painterly abstraction

-abstract painting that became widespread in the 1960s characterized by areas of flat color with sharp, clear(or hard) edges
-art such as color field painters, minimalist painters

Washington color school

loosely affiliated group of abstract painters

-knew each other through their teaching  experiences

-simple, dynamic compositions

-emphasized two dimensional surface of the picture plane and its lack of reference to any subject matter
-EMPHASIS ON COLOR !!!!

Soak staining process

technique to create this painting, working on a blank canvas, a canvas that has not been primed. applies medium directly onto canvas with no pre drawing and would apply paint to an untreated canvas with this ink, which the canvas soaks in and spreads so the artist has to react to it
-follow the materials. it tells you what to do

-the canvas is the work of art

Minimalism

a sculptural movement that rejected the gesture and emotion of the handcrafted object and the traditional materials of sculptures

-form being the subject itself

minimalism characteristics

mathematically arranged instead of handmade

-no pedestal(in the case of sculpture)

-monochromatic, absence of color

-no imagery

Conceptual art

-dematerialization of art

-shift away from traditional painting and sculpture

-logical extension of minimalist, moving away from handcrafted art(painting, sculpture)

-no one medium, rejects traditional forms of art

-emphasis on the concept or idea that emphasizes the physical manifestation of the work

Semiotic theory

-study of signs and their meanings

-the word Brother, the concept of Brother

Post-minimalism

refers to the general reaction by artists in America beginning in the late 1960s against Minimalism and its insistence on closed, geometric, impersonal forms

Process art

art where the process of its art making is not hidden but remains a prominent aspect of the completed work, so that a part of even the whole of its subject is making the work

Fiber arts

refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic fiber and other components, such as fabric or yarn

Neo-expressionism

an international movement that is a revival of expressionist painting

earthworks/land art

art made outdoors. made out of materials of earth, rocks, grass, and earth  itself as a medium
-some make temporary, permanent, or remotely located

-largely an american movement

The sublime

moment/experience with a work if art that overwhelms you. Big, powerful and something beyond comprehension.

power of nature

Public art

refers to the art that is in the public realm, regardless of whether is is situated on public of private property or if it has been purchased with public or private money

Site-specific art

artwork created for a particular singular location meaning its identity, meaning, and surrounding, whether urban, natural, or architectural

-identical and meaning tied to its place(like earth art)

Performance art four basic elements

time

space

the performer’s body

the relationship between the performer and the audience