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Page 1: Key Concepts in Contemporary Art

• Chanel

  • Artist: Audrey Flack

  • Theme: Beauty is fading; jewelry and art are physical temptations.

• Marilyn Monroe

  • Artist: Andy Warhol

  • Description: Two panels exploring celebrity worship, emphasizing how a person becomes a product.

• Six Themes of Art:

  • Time

  • Place

  • Identity

  • Body

  • Language

  • Spirituality

• The Way Things Go

  • Description: Rube Goldberg machine, showcasing plot relying on time.

• More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid

  • Artist: Mike Kelley

  • Themes: Time and memory evoked through various objects.

• House with Ocean View

  • Artist: Marina Abramovic

  • Focus: Daily actions and their implications over time.

Page 2: Place and Memory in Art

• Better Homes, Better Gardens

  • Artist: Kerry James Marshall

  • Theme: Exploration of place, contrasting memories vs. reality.

• Broken Pebbles (Scratched White)

  • Artist: Andy Goldsworthy

  • Style: Site-specific art.

• Kitchen Table Series

  • Artist: Carrie Mae Weems

  • Theme: How we define our identity.

• Useless

  • Artist: Tracey Moffatt

  • Theme: Perceptions of identity from the viewpoints of others.

• Thinner Than You

  • Artist: Maureen Conner

  • Focus: Body comparisons.

Page 3: Interaction of Body and Identity

• Leaning

  • Artist: Maren Hassinger

  • Focus: Interaction of body.

• White Noise

  • Artist: Joseph Grigely

  • Concept: Written notes interacting with a deaf artist.

• Still

  • Artist: Alison Watt

  • Themes: Spirituality and the concept of absent presence.

• For You

  • Artist: Tracy Emin

  • Medium: Feminine handwriting displayed in a cathedral setting.

• Focus of Abstraction in Europe

  • Themes: Beliefs, trauma, and intangibles influencing abstraction.

• Influences on European Abstraction

  • Context: Post-WWII devastation rendered realism as irrelevant.

• Sacking and Red

  • Artist: Alberto Burri

  • Medium: Materials include bandages and wound covers.

Page 4: Innovative Movements in Art

• CoBrA Group

  • Description: Influential artists in Europe drawing inspiration from children's art and mentally ill artists.

• Art Informel

  • Characteristic: German abstraction free from intellectual baggage.

• Lyrical Abstraction

  • Description: Gestural and linear forms in art.

• Tachisme

  • Definition: Spontaneous brushwork emphasizing action.

• A Letter to My Son

  • Artist: Asger Jorn

  • Themes: Family dynamics inspired by children's art.

• Stalingrad

  • Artist: Asger Jorn

  • Theme: Despair of war with references to Guernica.

• Questioning Children

  • Artist: Karel Appel

  • Concept: Addressing child poverty after war.

• It's All Over the City

  • Artist: Wols

  • Theme: Capturing fear and anxiety.

Page 5: Pop Art Movements

• Painting

  • Artist: Georges Mathieu

  • Technique: Live painting performance.

• Untitled

  • Artist: Georges Mathieu

  • Themes: Evoking energy and resembling aerial views.

• Influences on Abstraction in Europe:

  • Later movements:

    • Post-minimalism

    • Neo-expressionism

    • Performance art

• What is Pop Art?

  • Description: Reaction against abstract expressionism using 'low' subject matter.

• Independent Group

  • Context: Artists in London challenging elitist culture.

• American Pop Art:

  • Focus: Life in the U.S. with a rejection of academic art.

• British Pop Art:

  • Characteristics: Responding to academic art with a comedic perspective on American life.

• I Was a Rich Man's Plaything

  • Artist: Eduardo Paolozzi

  • Themes: Interplay of technology, pop culture, and consumerism.

Page 6: Notable Pop Art Works

• Meet the People

  • Artist: Eduardo Paolozzi

  • Themes: Exploring consumerism in art.

• Just What is it That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing

  • Artist: Richard Hamilton

  • Concept: Living room illustration blurring lines between art and consumerism, featuring contemporary Adam and Eve.

• Whaam!

  • Artist: Roy Lichtenstein

  • Medium: Benday CMYK printing featuring dramatic yet detached scenes paralleling comic book aesthetics.

• Drowning Girl

  • Artist: Roy Lichtenstein

  • Theme: Representing contemporary beauty standards through the lens of distress.