ARTH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Barnett Newman, Abstract Expressionism, Mark Rothko
31 Mar 2016
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Lecture 11 second half of the 20th century. During world war ii the epicenter of the western art world moved from paris to new. Emphasized the creaive process as being at least as important as the inished product (the canvas as an arena in which to act ) Links to surrealist ideas about the collecive unconscious. Art as a symbol of freedom and individuality during the cold war. Hans namuth, photograph of jackson pollock paining (1950) Many of the itles of this works were invented by dealers and not pollock himself. Going into this subject mater (primiive minds of naive americans) he is able to. Moon woman cuts the circle (1943) connect to something fundamental. Has no focal point; no hidden imagery, no story, etc. Just paint on canvas; it is about paint, paining at its" purest. Redeined what paining could be because it was genuinely abstract. Woman i was one in a series of portrayals of women.
