HISTART 11 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Consumerism, Kazimir Malevich, Pop Art
1 May 2016
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We have the boundaries of the medium, and we have to create within these boundaries. We are conscious of the boundaries a self-consciousness. Greenberg expects from the viewer that the viewer is detached, there"s a distance. There is something serious about art it"s transcendent of experience, highly aesthetic moment, a piece of work conscious of its viewers and its boundaries. There"s a disembodiment there"s not figure, it"s abstract, no age or reference to any historical events/monuments. In the 60"s, there were different groups working in different galleries with radically different manifestos and theories/ideas/ways to appreciate what painting should be. Greenberg favors abstract art in new york. Pop art begins in england (even though most of the time, we associate pop art with. Pop art was a criticism of american consumerism. Done by someone after wwii who doesn"t have access to all the american consumerist goods. Collage is crossing the boundaries of art.
