11. Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35 , 1979, Black-and-white photograph Sherman plays different roles in her photographs (dressed in costume) - Not a Self-Portrait Feminism - Questions how women have been portrayed in movies, photography, art Photography shows the shutter release cable on the floor (artist took her own photograph)
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13. Barbara Kruger, Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am), 1987, Photographic silkscreen on vinyl Look of Advertising (Kruger worked as a graphic designer before becoming an artist) Deceptiveness of Media’s messages “ I think, therefore I am” - Philosophical statement by Descartes
14. BARBARA KRUGER ALL VIOLENCE IS THE ILLUSTRATION OF A PATHETIC STEREOTYPE, (1991)
63. Once you “got” Pop, you could never see a sign the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again. -- Andy Warhol
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66. “ Pop Artists did images that anybody walking down the street could recognize in a split second…all the great modern things that the Abstract Expressionists tried so hard not to notice at all.”— Gretchen Berg . Three Coke Bottles, 1962, AWF
75. Warhol used the repetition of media events to critique and reframe cultural ideas through his art Jackie paintings, 1964, AWF
76. Warhol took common everyday items and gave them importance as “art” He raised questions about the nature of art: Knives , 1981, AWF What makes one work of art better than another? Brillo Soap Pads Box , 1964, AWF
77. Pop artists stretched the definitions of what art could be and how it can be made. “ The Pop idea, after all, was that anybody could do anything, so naturally we were all trying to do it all…” --- Andy Warhol photo by Hervé Gloaguen
78. The art world today reflects many of the ideas, methods and materials initiated by the Pop Art movement. Barbara Kruger, Untitled, 1991 Courtesy: Mary Boone Gallery, NY In Untitled , 1991, Barbara Kruger uses the iconography of the American flag and hard edge graphics to pose a series of provocative questions about American cultural values . In Rabbit, 1986 , artist Jeff Koons cast a mass-produced inflatable Easter bunny in highly polished stainless steel. The sculpture became iconic of art in the 1980s . Jeff Koons, Rabbit, 1986, Jeff Koons
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80. Audrey Flack, Marilyn , 1977, Oil over acrylic on canvas Influenced by realism in photography “ I studied art history, it was always the photographs, I never saw the paintings, they were in Europe” Marilyn Monroe – references to her death (clocks, hourglass) Still Life “Vanitas” painting - symbolism relating to “emptiness” Airbrushed (commercial photo retouching tool)
81. Chuck Close, Big Self-Portrait , 1967 – 1968, Acrylic on Canvas (8’11” x 11’2”) Large Scale Portrait Paintings based on Photographs Avoided creative compositions, flattering lighting, and facial expressions
82. Made plaster molds from real people Stereotypical “average” Americans “The subject matter I like best deals with the familiar lower and middle class American types of today.” Sculptures sometimes mistaken for real people Duane Hanson, Supermarket Shopper , 1970, Polyester resin and fiberglass polychromed in oil with clothing, steel cart, and groceries
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84. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence (California, USA), Pink woven synthetic fabric, 1972 - 1976 5.5 meters high 40 Kilometer long nylon fence Environmental art project Artists claim that the art has no meaning. Their goal is to create something beautiful and to see the landscape in a new way. Money raised by selling their preliminary drawings
85. Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty , 1970, Black rock, salt crystals, earth, red water (Utah, USA) Manipulated the earth the create an environmental sculpture “ enduring power of nature” Inspired by the location and the molecular structure of salt crystals that coat the rocks Spiral Jetty under water
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87. Large scale painting Thick, encrusted surface (highly textured) Re-examination of German History “ Nigredo” means black (symbolic meaning) Anselm Kiefer, Nigredo , 1984, Mixed media (including natural materials – straw and lead) on paper (11’ x 18’)
88. Francesco Clemente, Francesco Clemente, Oil on Canvas, 1985 Clemente’s work draws inspiration from Expressionism and Surrealism Self-Portrait Two sides of personality / “inner self” Francesco interested in connection of art to spirituality
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90. Jeff-Koons, Pink Panther , 1988, Porcelain sculpture Magazine centerfold with well-known cartoon character Commercialism / Consumerism Kitsch (bad taste) “ everything wrong with contemporary American society”
91. Keith Haring, Untitled , 1985, Mixed Media on Canvas Keith Haring (1958-1990) started by drawing in NY Subways (related to Grafitti art / Street Art) Keith Haring friends with Andy Warhol East-Village New York style Art for “the people”
94. Joseph Beuys, How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare , 1965, Performance art Performance art Sacred ritual “ the condition of modern humanity” Head coated with honey and covered with gold leaf (spiritual power )
95. Laurie Anderson, O Superman , 1985, Performance Art Anderson wrote music and lyrics Experimentation with sound (electric violin and synthesized voice) Feminist art combining elements of pop art, pop music, World music, dada
96. Montri Toemsombat, Performance , 2003, Performance at the Venice Biennale (Italy) Art inspired by Buddhism Critical of Thai culture (materialism) Ritul / Meditation Literally wearing text (text on clothing, text and tattoos) Artist is interested in relationship of fashion to art
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104. Jenny Holzer, Protect Me From What I Want , 1988, LED Electronic Signboard (Times Square, New York City) Social Consciousness Uses advertising format to deliver messages Art in Public Spaces
106. Bill Viola, The Crossing , 1996, Sound / Video Installation Slow motion video with fire and water (the elements) Relationship to Religion (Viola interested in World Religions)