Final Review Module 8 Flashcards
Name of the artist?
Andy Warhol
Name of the artist?
Andy Warhol
What is the process?
photo silkscreen
What is the process?
photo silkscreen
Street Photography
name of the photographer and the title ?
“The Americans”
by
Robert Frank
Color Photography in Fine Art
Name of the artist?
William Eggleston
Conceptual Photography
Staged Documents
Name of the photographer ?
Gregory Crewdson
Name of the photographer ?
Andreas Gursky
The Cultural Wars in Photography
Name of the photographer ?
Nan Goldin
The different styles
photo silkscreen
- a type of printmaking process where a photographic motion applying to a screen and then printed on what could be multiple pieces of paper
- can be single color or they can be layered to create multiple colors on a single print.
- can take imagery from popular culture for magazines and newspapers and transform it into a different medium in printmaking.
Artist: Andy Warhol
photorealism
- Painting try to emulate photography (opposite of pictorialist movement)
- movement of painters trying to get their paintings to look as realistic and photographic as possible
Artist: Audrey Flack
Street Photography
After WW2, specifically, after pop art ended in the 1960s and 70s,
artists started to really work more on their own in a post modern setting.
They borrow from previous movements, borrow from earlier aesthetics,
but it is harder to group them into specific movements.
Less bias setting movement. Kind of documentary style setting.
Artists:
- Robert Frank “The Americans”
- Garry Winogrand - worked to capture a moment in the moments
- Joel Meyerowits - has a sense of humor
Conceptual Photography
In conceptual photography, the artists/photographers have a specific idea in their head
what they want to put out to their viewers.
It’s not a documentary style like a street photography
Staged Documents
These images, whether they look like it or not, are 100% created by the photographer.
They are composed, not documentary.
What is a contemporary artist? (Still working, not dead, etc.)
The artist who is still alive and creating artwork in the current time.
The work of contemporary artists is a dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts, and subjects that challenge traditional boundaries. It can be provocative and controversial, and it’s not easy to define what is appropriate in art or not.
How art photography evolved in the late 20th century?
Many different artists with different styles emerged post war as new technology and culture were introduced. It is hard to define contemporary art in photography because artists no longer work with a similar theme and similar aesthetics.
Their style varies from a documentary style street photography to staged/composed style conceptual photography. Color has been used and more accepted in photography as the cost and quality of color print significantly improved. Digital manipulation has been used as well which allows artists to create dynamic, cinematic images they have in their mind. They have more options to express themselves as an artist.
How did different contemporary artists use photography in their
work? (Remember, you can use examples from your presentations on
With a variety of image processign tools and new technology, now contemporary photographers have myriad styles and aesthetics to choose from.
Hiroshi Sugimoto uses classic tecgnique such as large format camera with homemade batch of chemical developper (a recipe published by Ansel Adams) to ceate something new along with the technique he’s known for: extremely long exposure.
