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John Cage's 4'33", 1952, Discussed
Propaganda: The Dangers of Homosexuality, 1950s.
Killing of Emmett Till, August 28, 1955, TIME [OPTIONAL VIEWING ONLY --DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING]
Mark Rothkob. Russia 1903d. New York 1970
The Case For Mark Rothko | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Corey D'Augustine, How to paint like Rothko, October, 2011
Barnett Newman
b. New York 1905d. New York1970
b. New York 1905d. New York1970
Helen Frankenthalerb. New York 1929
d. Connecticut 2011
d. Connecticut 2011
Heather Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea, Oil and charcoal on unsized, unprimed canvas, 1952
Franz Klineb. Pennsylvania 1910 d. New York 1962
Franz Kline, Painting No. 7, oil on canvas, 1952
Franz Kline | AB EX NY
Robert Motherwellb. Washington 1915d. Provincetown 1991
Elegy to the Spanish Republic no. 57, 1957-60
Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 1975-85
Geometric Abstraction
Geometric Abstraction
“My curiosity was aroused by the idea of giving structural form to the images in my drawings. These forms come from observing plants, the spiral shell of a snail, seeing light through insect wings, watching spiders repair their webs in the early morning, and seeing the sun through the droplets of water suspended from the tips of pine needles while watering my garden.”
Ruth Asawa
Ruth Asawab. California 1926d. San Fransico 2013
Ruth Asawa
Ruth Asawa: documenatary on an artist who worked every minute. Museum of Modern Art.
more on Ruth Asawa
Excerpts from Robert Snyder’s film Ruth Asawa: Of Forms and Growth © Masters & Masterworks Productions, Inc.
Ceramics Breakthrough
Ceramics Breakthrough
Peter Voulkos b. Montana 1924d. Ohio 2002
Peter Voulkos, Sevillanas, stoneware 1959
Peter Voulkos, A Brief History, "Craft in America", PBS 2014
Grupo Ruptura, Concrete + Neo-Concrete
Grupo Ruptura, Concrete + Neo-Concrete
Art Terms
Grupo Ruptura
Neo-Concrete (precursor: Concrete Art)
Grupo Ruptura, Relieve no. 30/ Relief no. 30, oil, alkyd, pine resin, wax, and acrylic on wood and metal wire, 1946
The Revolution of the Black Square, Heni Talks, April 25, 2018
Breaking the Frame, Getty Museum, October 2, 2017
Painting in an Industrial Age, Getty Museum, October 2, 2017
The Challenge of a Straight Line, Getty Museum, October 2, 2017
Helio Oiticica b. Brazil 1937d. Brazil 1980
Hélio Oiticica, B11 Box Bólide 09, wood, glass and pigment, 1964
more on Helio Oticica
Judith Lauand b. Brazil 1922d. 2022
Judith Lauand, Concrete 61, Alkyd on board, 1957
Judith Lauand
Lygia Clark b. Brazil 1920d. Brazil 1986
Lygia Clark, Creature Maquette, 1964
Lygia Clark, MÁSCARAS SENSORIAIS [SENSORY MASKS], 1967–68.
Gutai Art Collective, Japan
Gutai Art Collective, Japan
Art Term
Gutai
Kazuo Shiraga b. Japan 1924d. Japan 2008
Kazuo Shiraga, Doro ni idomu, 1955
Social Realism in Mali
Social Realism in Mali
“He who has not had his photo taken with Seydou Keïta has not had his photo taken!” This is what they would say in Bamako… lensculture
Seydou Keita b. Mali 1921d. France 2001
Seydou Keita, Untitled, gelatin silver print, 1954-60, printed 1999
Seydou Keïta, Untitled [Seated Woman with Chevron Print Dress], 1956, printed 1997
Bomako, Mali
Second Generation New York School
Second Generation New York School
Art Terms
Happening
Robert Frankb. Switzerland 1924d. Canada 2019
Robert Frank, Trolley- New Orleans, 1955
Robert Frank as a Young Artist, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 10, 2019
Joan Mitchell b. Chicago 1925d. Paris 1992
Joan Mitchell, Hemlock , oil on canvas, 1956
Joan Mitchell's City Landscape | Art Institute Essentials Tour
Joan MitchellMooring, oil on canvas, 1971
"Poems and literature would remain sources of inspiration and comfort throughout [Mitchell's] life. Her library contained well-worn volumes by Rainer Maria Rilke, William Wordsworth, Frank O’Hara, James Schuyler, Jacques Dupin, Pierre Schneider, T.S. Eliot, Samuel Beckett, and others." Laura Morris, Poetry Foundation
Laura Morris, Joan Mitchell and the art of painting a poem, Poetry Foundation, 2013
Robert Rauschenbergb. 1925 Texasd. 2008 Florida
Robert Rauschenberg Satellite, 1955
Robert Rauschenberg, Minutiae, 1954
more on Rauschenberg and Johns
Richard Meyer, Rauschenberg, with Affection, 2018
M.H. Miller, Jasper Johns, American Legend, 2019
Jasper Johns b. Georgia 1930
Jasper Johns, White Flag, Encaustic, oil, newsprint, and charcoal on canvas, 1955
John Chamberlainb. Indiana 1927d. New York 2011
John Chamberlain, Zaar, 1959
banner photo: Helio Oiticica, Spatial Relief (red) REL 036, 1959
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