FAH292H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Vivant, Paraskeva Clark, Prudence Heward
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Key terms: modernism, canadian group of painters (1933-69, beaver hall group (1920-23, a(cid:396)t tude(cid:374)t"s league (cid:894)to(cid:396)o(cid:374)to(cid:895, national film board of canada (1939, contemporary art society (montreal) (cid:862)a(cid:396)t (cid:448)i(cid:448)a(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:894)li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a(cid:396)t(cid:895, the automatists, avant garde, automatism, automatic drawing (cid:862)d(cid:396)ip-pai(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g(cid:863) Jackson pollock invents this technique: compared to borduas (cid:862)all-o(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:863, refus global, written documents; art manifestos. Image is new way of seeing; instead of rules and imitating nature the artist shows their individual point of view: art is a way of seeing. Aspects of modern art: democratization of subject matter, modernists must reject established institutions of art. Interested in real, lived canada rather than creating national signs: formal techniques, how works relate to larger international context, ca(cid:374)ada does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the neat separate movements; but we see inspiration and exposure to different trends from europe, e(cid:454). Context of 30s: filters into art through new subject matter. Influenced by russian avantgarde style: another female artist, strong contingents of canadian female artists in 30s.
