Modern Art and Contemporary Culture Review

Flashcards covering key art movements, artists, and terminology from modernism to hip hop culture as discussed in the lecture.

Super flat

A theory by Takashi Murakami that combines Japanese historical art traditions and a pop aesthetic.

Modernism (3 core values)

The three core principles of modernism are originality, authenticity, and truth.

Mark Rothko

The artist known for his paintings of expansive fields of color on canvas.

Ready made

A type of art demonstrated by Marcel Duchamp using prefabricated objects, such as a urinal, changing a useful object into an aesthetic one.

Roy Lichtenstein

An artist who turned comic strips into large hand painted canvases using Ben-day dots.

Abstract expressionism

A Post World II period of modern art best represented by Jackson Pollock.

Sequential art

The practice of juxtaposing picture images in a specific order.

Dada

An art movement founded on absurdity that mocked authority and tradition.

Robert Rauschenburg

The artist best known for the "combine".

Persepolis

A memoir by Marjane Satrapi about growing up during the Islamic revolution in Iran during the 1970s.

Scott McCloud

An individual who sought to validate contemporary Comics art as a relevant artform.

Appropriation

A concept in Hip Hop where pre-recorded music is used to create new music.

Modernism (Philosophical goal)

The belief that humanity would achieve a Utopia ideal through innovation and truth.

Andy Warhol

Known as the "father of pop art," he is famous for blending celebrities, consumer culture, and art.

Hybridity

The mixing of distinct media, techniques, and artistic forms and materials that are usually unrelated.

Deconstruction

A way of taking an idea or culture form apart to understand its meaning and function in society.

Hip hop

A cultural movement that includes music, graffiti, fashion, dance, and slang.

David Hammons

An artist who questioned consumerism in his performative piece "Bliz-aard Ball sale".

Avant-Garde

A term meaning "ahead of its time" that applies to both modernism and dada.