[J.5] DADAISM, SURREALISM, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, POP ART, AND OP ART (copy)

Ettore Sottass

used Bold colors; founded Memphis Group

Isamu Noguchi

Included in Herman Miller
Work: Noguchi Coffee table

Dadaism

A movement aimed at ridiculing and destroying the idea of art; break with outmoded ways to gain freedom for artists

Marcel Duchamp

Dada artist who is famous for his works Mona Lisa and Fountain

Surrealism

An artistic movement in the hunt of science expression of subconscious; psychoanalysis of a dream

The Persistence of Memory

Surrealist art; by Salvador Dalí. First shown in 1931, this painting is probably the most famous of surrealist paintings

The Broken Column

Surrealist art; by Frida kahlo

The Mystery and Melancholy of the Street

Surrealist art; by Girogio de Chirico

The Son of Man

Surrealist art; by Rene Magritte

Abstract Expressionism

An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors, lines and shapes

Action Painting or Gestural Abstraction

Applied paint rapidly and with force to their huge canvases to show feelings and emotions. Can be dripping or throwing the paint

Pompeii

Abstract expressionist art; by Hans Hoffman

Lavender Mist

Abstract expressionist art; by Jackson Pollock

Pop Art

Most significant style to emerge in America in the 1960s; derived from commercial sources, mass media, and everyday life

Marilyn Monroe

Pop art; by Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Leading figure in the visual art movement. Explores the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement

The Factory

Warhol’s studio. It was called so because of commercialism

Roy Lichtenstein

Exhibited paintings based on comic book cartoons

Ben Day Dots

The dots that create a whole when viewed from afar

Richard Hamilton

British artist influenced by pop art. Used the collage style

Op Art

Artists produce kinetic effects, arrangement of colors, lines and shapes or combinations of these elements. Recognizable object is totally eliminated in favor of geometric abstraction

Victor Vasarely

Founder of Op Art