ART AFTER WWII ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM “action painting” MINIMALISM, CONCEPTUAL ART POP-ART, OP-ART Jackson Pollock, Lavendar Mist No. 1, 1950 compare p. 420 Willem de Kooning Willem de Kooning Excavation ABSTRACT Woman VI EXPRESSIONISM 1953 ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM Rothko MARK ROTHKO Untitled Untitled, 1968 1948 “color-field painting” not in text; compare p. 421, Rothko Chapel MARK ROTHKO No. 10, 1950 Rothko "We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth." “color-field painting” Rothko Clyfford Still, 1957, No.1 Frank Stella, Wolfeboro II, ''What you see is what you see'' 1966 – Frank Stella, 1966 “post-painterly abstraction” Frank Stella, Raqqa II, 1970 Harran II, 1967 “post-painterly “post-painterly Kenneth Noland, Thrust, 1963 abstraction” abstraction” 45 x 45 in. POP-ART Joseph Albers Homage to the Square, Red Series 1968 Andy Warhol, Orange Disaster No. 5, 1963 minimalism compare p. 422 Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Andy Warhol (1928-1987) compare p. 422 Lichtenstein, Roy POP-ART Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Whaam! 1963 172 x 269 cm (68 x 106 in.) (two canvasses) 1987 “What is an author?” -- Roland Barthes Victor Vasarely Hungarian, born 1908 Johns, Jasper Vega-Nor, 1969 OP-ART Three Flags Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 78 3/4" 1958 Encaustic on canvas 30 7/8 x 45 1/2 x 5 in a democratic form of art that everyone could understand, not just those with certain types of educational backgrounds and experiences. Op Art serves that goal well. There is no story to tell, history to know, or symbolism essential to the work’s comprehension Jasper Johns 0 through 9 1961 Jubilee, 1959 False Start, 1959 Jasper Johns, Map, 1963 0 through 9, 1960 0 through 9, 1960 Jasper Johns Painted Bronze Map, 1961 Walter De Maria CONCEPTUAL ART The Broken Kilometer The Broken Kilometer, 1979, located at 393 West Broadway in New York City, is composed of 500 highly polished, round, solid brass rods, each measuring two meters in length and five centimeters (two inches) in diameter. The 500 rods are placed in five parallel rows of 100 rods each. Each rod is placed such that the spaces between the rods increase by 5mm with each consecutive space, from front to back; the first two rods of each row are placed 80mm apart, the last two rods are placed 580 mm apart. textbook p. 436 Spiral Jetty Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty, 1970 Spiral Jetty Spiral Jetty, 2003 SUMMARY – POST WWII MODERNISM CONTINUES – PROGRESS & MATERIALS; EACH WORK OF ART DICTATES ITS OWN TERMS [POLLOCK, abstract expressionism] CONCEPTUAL ART – ULTIMATE CHALLENGE TO THE VERY IDEA OF ART, THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION OF MODERNISM? [SMITHSON Spiral Jetty] POST-MODERNISM – QUESTION NARRATIVE! [CHICAGO The Dinner Party] Jackson Pollock, Lavendar Mist No. 1, 1950 compare p. 420 textbook p. 436 Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty, 1970.