Discussion 4.5
Thus far, we’ve focused our discussion on American Abstraction Expressionism (the New York School, action painting, and color field painting) and Pop Art,
but there are even more movements, artists/artworks, and ideas covered in this week’s textbook readings as well as the supplemental materials provided for you in this Module.
In this last exercise for the week, it’s your turn to select one artwork from a movement or artist that we have not yet discussed in one of our exercises to share with us.
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BE SURE TO INCLUDE IN YOUR POST…
- An attached JPEG of the artwork.
- A clear identification of the artwork (artist name, title, date, art historical movement, medium).
- A brief analysis of form, noting how this connects to the larger trends of its art historical movement.
- A brief analysis of subject matter, noting how this connects to the larger trends of its art historical and cultural movement.
- A brief analysis of any larger themes, symbols, or messages present in this work, noting how this connects to its larger trends of the art historical and cultural movement.
- A brief explanation why you chose this work to share with us and how this work can help us to understand the larger changes happening in the art world and world at large, during this time period.
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Art Evolution
Cleaning the drapes by Martha Rosler was a piece of art made in the 1960s, representing the development of expressionism and its involvement in highlighting experiences in the American society. The photomontage represents a development in the society in which art was used as a tool of expressing individual experiences. In particular, the art represents the impact of the Vietnam War in the households and the extent to which technology had influenced lives of the public at the time. Notably, the Vietnam War is in some cases referred to as the living room war particularly because of its presence in living rooms from the use of television sets at the time.
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