ARTH 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sopron, Neo-Dada, Museum Of Modern Art

• School: McGill University
• Department: Art History & Communications
• Course: ARTH 205
• Professor: Mary Hunter

Document Summary

Lecture - tuesday, november 22 2016: define terms right in the intro. Robert rauschenberg, rebus, 1955 i: 2d paintings neo-dada or pop art. Rauschenberg, bed, 1955 i: brush strokes are expressive framed a pillow, sheet and quilt - his own bed as the canvas. Clement greenberg didn"t like pop art, argued that pop art didn"t challenge the viewer. Used the term kitch: art had to be more linked to critical thought but said pop art transparency was a welcomed distraction. Warhol tried to remove individuality through silk-screening and repetition. Indiana (artist) said it wasn"t the pop-artists fault that abstract expressionist artists struggled so much for their art to be accepted. Combine: jasper johns coined term, the way painting and sculpture can be combined into 1. Art is trying to sell you an idea, depended how and where it was shown. Unclear if pop-artists were trying to have a celebration or rejection of capitalist culture.