Test 2 Flashcards by Andrew Higgins

Murder in Hells Kitchen

1942

Weegee

Specialized in crime and scandal photos
he sold his photographs to many tabloid newspapers
was the only photojournalist with a police shortwave radio
the camera had preset features including f-stop and shutter speed as well as focal length

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Tenement Penthouse

1940

Weegee

he developed all his photos in the back of his car to be ready to be printed by tabloid newpapers the next day

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Lower East Side

1942

Lisette Model

became a photographer almost by accident
She taught once she moved to the united states
the photographs that were displayed all came from a short period of time

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Sailor and Girl, Sammy’s Bar

1940

Lisette Model

The photographs are not elegantly printed, in a sense like weegees

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Masked Kids, Brownstone

1945

Helen Levitt

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Brooklyn

1940

Helen Levitt

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New York

1942

Helen Levitt

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Living dead of Buchenwald

1945

Margret Bourke-White

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Head of a Hostage

1944

Jean Fautrier

ought in the war and was forced to hide out in the forests of france
where he hid was an execution ground so he saw the sights and heard the sounds of his fellow frenchmen being murdered
both fautrier and Debuffet’s work was displayed after the germans occupation was over

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Childbirth

1944

Jean Debuffet

Very highly educated
be went into business and ran a wine import and export business
he read a lot about art and liked art but the war pushed him towards the visual arts.
built up an oat pot (thick surface )

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Butcher’s Slab

1950

Jean Debuffet

its looks as though the women are flayed out and there skin is peeled of like hanging the hide of an animal
very sexual in a deliberatly vulgar way
he liked to cut into the surface, leaving it uneven and child like drawing

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Le Metafisyx

1950

Jean Debuffet

we as individuals attempt to define our lives (existentialism) but he believed it is a hopeless struggle and that we will all die. Ultimately we become dust

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Setting Snares

1963

Jean Dubuffet

he doodled with a ball point pen and the never ended ink let to psychotic lines and then began to use acrylic to mimic the style
the pattern continues on in a endless way suggesting a psychotic mind

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Homage to the Square Acending

1953

Josef Albers

had a set of ratios determining where each square was
used color theory to come up with ratios
you should never decide your color based on your preference and you should have a standoffish and natural attitude towards the color

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White Painting

1951

Robert Rauschenberg

This painting is meant to be an exploration of light and shadow captured in real time on the image.
He believed to leave personal ideas out of his works and even had this repanted white by other artist to perserve its intense white color but to also distance himself personaly from the work

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Red

1953

Robert Rauschenberg

oil, newsprint, fabric, wood
may possibly be different image but will look very similar to this

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Charlene

1954

Robert Rauschenberg

made of all sorts of materials and objects and items to create a collage
the work has a kind of nostalgia behind it
one of his only works in which included a personal touch, the photos on the middle bottom right that are a collage of his personal family photos

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Small Rebus

1956

Robert Rauschenberg

gave himself one week to find the objects and they came from there studio and the neighborhood
he even found the paint
the color was pedestrian
loosely divided into 3 sections.

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Bed

1955

Robert Rauschenberg

he ran out of canvas so used his bed to complete the work
the quilt is very americana and closely related to and albers square painting

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Monogram

1959

Robert Rauschenberg

he combines painting and sculpture and in a sense art and non art

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Canyon

1959

Robert Rauschenberg

the objects are left full size
he uses the idea of collage in a different way from the earlier contemporary artists

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Coca-Cola Plan

1958

Robert Rauschenberg

very americana and shows american dominance

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Pelican

1963

Robert Rauschenberg

alowed his own awkwardness at dancing to be part of the work
danced around in roller-skates
the dance was improvised
danced to a collage of sounds

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Skyway

1964

Robert Rauschenberg

he has taken current events and figures from books and magazines and combined them with art historical references
used a silkscreening technique

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Buffalo 1964 Robert Rauschenberg * he is suggesting the glance of the city with sharp and fading images * a lot of visual noise, everything competing for our attention at once

Booster 1971 Robert Rauschenberg * Color Litho * Had his own body xrayed and then used the prints of his insides to create the collage

Snapshot from the City 1960 Oldenburg

The street, instilation at Ruben Gallery 1960 Oldenburg * used all found objects to make installations * did the performances himself many of the times * puts on little vignettes * invented and alter ego called Raygun * raygun became the character he was an alter ego as the main focus or becomes a piece in the background * He is sinister but also like a comic strip * founds raygun manufacturing company

The store, at raygun manufacturing co, 1961 Oldenburg * while working as a dishwasher he got the idea to use food as a motif for his next work * he filled the space with life-size replicas of things you find in stores * the pieces were made by taking pieces of cloth and soaking in wet plaster than formed over chicken wire * used enamel house paints to paint the objects

Giant wedge of Pecan Pie 1963 Oldenburg * He moved towards pop art during this time and he did things on a disney type style with a cartoonish sizes

Soft Light Switch 1963 Oldenburg * changed up his style with much of his stuff by sewing and stuffing then painting instead of plaster * these shapes are softer and floppy * he relied upon professionals to get the sculpture the way he wanted like seamstresses and cutters * this new way of soft sculpture but with beautiful lines * canvas kapok

Soft Typewriter 1963 Oldenburg * you can read this as the human face * anopromorphic * likes sexual jokes and puns * the machines seem to come alive and take on personalities

3-way Plug 1970 Oldenburg * Leather and wood * plays with sexuality and ageing bodies

3-way Plug 1970 Oldenburg * cherry wood * again plays with sexuality

Bedroom Ensemble 1963 Oldenburg * Inspired by a cheep motel * the rooms of the motel were themed by different animals * on the wall there is a jackson polik painting

Giant Ice Bag 1970 Oldenburg * begain to introduce real mocement into sculpture not just the illusion of it * the ice bag inflates and deflates and flops around

Lipstick Ascending on Caterpillar Track 1969 Oldenburg * satirical but also meant as a protest monument

Scissors in Motion 1967 Oldenburg * proposed to replace the washington monument * as the current washington monument seems phalic and errect he wanted to make the monument seem castrating

Clothespin 1976 Oldenburg * making fun of old scuplter and mocks the traditions of sculpture of generals * also can be seen as two people kissing like brancusi, the kiss * taken out of natural context and scaled up * also a verbal pun * in philidalphia * cor-ten steel

The Diner 1964-1966 George Segal * His first pieces were done with chicken wire and plaster * he would do it in fragments and put them together * often would do the body as one piece * very unpleasant to pose for this as the plaster heats up * he would have to take a saw and cut through the plaster * using his method he could get really slumps and motion because with the heavy plater the model needed to be in a comfortable position * he layers it in a deliberate rough and rich texture catching light * all the objects he used were found in various flee markets and thrift stores

The Gas station 1963 George Segal * using his method he could get really slumps and motion because with the heavy plater the model needed to be in a comfortable position * he layers it in a deliberate rough and rich texture catching light * all the objects he used were found in various flee markets and thrift stores

The Execution 1967 George Segal * segals sculpture have a very strong mood to them while oldenburgs do not * Segals strong mood can be seen in the slight sadness of the sculpture

The Holocaust 1982 George Segal

Bread Line 1991 George Segal

Backstreet Dodge '38 1964 Edward Kienholz * couple making love in the backseat * kids where not aloud into this show and could not see this sculpture

The State Hospital 1966 Edward Kienholz * very original but very sad * could be the figure below is dreaming of the figure above with the way the speech bubble is placed

The Wait 1964-65 Edward Kienzhol * this is an old woman waiting to die * she is surrounded by her favorite memories * the firgure looks sickly and deflated with a younger portrait of herself as her face * Kienzhol known for political comentary

Just what is it that makes todays homes so different, so appealing? 1956 Richard Hamilton * this was the front of the book for the show and also the poster for the show * all the imagery is borrowed from mass consumer culture in a intricate collage with an ironic title * canned ham becomes a sculpture on the table with a comic strip on the wall * lots of visual and verbal jokes and puns * beautifully designed, good balance from around the corner of the back of the room

Info about pop art

* pop art- defining feature was transposition * add something from the real world to the painting * or duplicating something * another technique was scaling up * multiplication of an object * playing with soft vs hard and defined form vs collapsible form * This is all non subjective art * the veiwer will have multiple reactions to the same work * use everyday objects and imagery * both depiction of everyday objects and a cool abstract approach to form and design * deadpan, irony and paradox is essential to pop * pop was embraced very quickly by the public, one of the fastest art to be embraced so quickly * pop is fun and immediately recognizable making it easy and pleasing for the masses * despite the quickness it took awhile for the ideas of pop to sink in * this moment began in great Britain, in London and earliest examples in 1951 and 1956 is when it burst onto the scene * derived from consumer culture but even still inspired by american consumer culture * america seemed like a paradise to Britain due to post wartime * low cost * mass produced * easily forgotten * *

Swinging London 1967 Richard Hamilton * Collage describing the arrest of the rolling stones

Set of 6 Self-portraits 1967 Andy Worhol * conflict between Warhol and established artists * a photograph that is then silk screened * has a more restricted palette but he used the brilliant colors to give a neon and electric feel * not a traditional self portraits as most are half length and this is a fragmented head seen very close up and totally un revealing * the fingers and hand feels like a thinker but the fingers show some concealment * often wore a platinum white wig

Coco-Cola 1962 Andy Worhol

200 Campbel Soup Cans 1962 Andy Warhol * art had been so serious and this seems trivial in a way * because of the monotony the smallest difference in the painting stands out * small variations in the types of soup * refers back to Picasso * inturpreted this as a negative painting about the glutany of american consumerism. but he corrected the critics that he likes Campbell's and almost a celebration of the modern lunch * visual pun of still life of the old still lifes of food

Marilyn Diptych 1962 Andy Warhol * two panels * one with pop colors and one with neutral blacks * she was a symbol of america as well as a tragic person * at what point does the repetition of imagery make it monotonous * was done shortly after her death

Orange Disaster 1963 Andy Warhol * you can see the influence of weegee * still horrific to look at

Electric chair 1964 Andy Warhol

16 Jackies 1964 Andy Warhol * done right after the assassination * moves from image at the top before to before the assassination down to moments and events afterwards but then back to an image before that

Brillo Box 1964 Andy warhol * synthetic polymer and silkscreen on wood * there is a lot of brilliant color but very flat because of the technique used to apply

Empire 1964 Andy Warhol * film * you become aware of the ambient atmosphere and change the lighting * if you watch the whole thing you get dawn breaking and night coming * 24 hour video

Cow Wallpaper 1966 Andy Warhol

Untitled 1964 James Rosenquist * profesional bilboard painter * gave it up after friend was killed on a scaffolding

F-111 1965 James Rosenquist * oil and aluminum * the image of the plane is the f-111, the most costly plane ever built at the time and a complete failiure as it did not work making it slightly scandolous

Whaam 1962-65 Roy Lichtenstein * painted in a painterly way until his son asked him to paint micky mouse and when he did he realized he could us the comic strip style to give commentary on modern art * he by hand repaired the little dots and painstakingly painted * done in oil * the image seems to explode beyond the plane, the letters and speech bubbles share contour lines with the background lines, quoting and appropriating cezans device * strict formalism about the design * this isn't something you slowly contemplate, meant to have immediate impact

Drowning Girl 1963 Roy Lichtenstein

Post Painterly

* exploration of light is very important * they are not interested in expressionism but in mattice and beauty of color * self referential- the painting is an object not a window or illusion of the world * art is about art and the making of art * reduced to the point where it cant be reduced anymore

The Marriage of Reason and squalor 1959 Frank Stella * the black spaces are 3 inches wide which is how deep the canvas supports are * initially like this these were free hand to give him his boxes then he painted the straps * done very carefully * the impact is quick and immediate but slowly painted * flat and absorbant of light but some parts are also shiny and reflects light * slight simmering and quivering quality too it * what you see is what you see * early paintings called the black paintings * he was one of the youngest artist and burst onto the scene in 1959 * he made an incredible sensation because his art was so different than anything else

Mountains and Sea 1952 Helen Frankenthaler * has similarities to the new york school but cooler, more painterly that stella * diluted her oils to almost be watercolors * she let the painting happen while she worked * and let the color guide her hand * the color literally soak into the painting * you can always seen the painting even through the shapes using the natural we've unifies the piece * the canvas also creates lighting * she puddles the paint in certain places and they have an open expansive painting

Ileana Sonnabend 1963 Frank Stella

Empress of India 1965 Frank Stella * he used a grid and straight edge to draw his lines * he introduces color when he used to be monochromatic and mono tonal * the colors are in closely matched values * joined with these activated angular edges

Firuzabad 1970 Frank Stella * very interested in patterning * part of his protractor series * got inspiration from Poluk and his pattering * rich coloring and inspired by matice and illuminations of persian world

Tet 1958 Morris Louis * used a new synthetic paint called magna * part of the second generation of the new york school * he used raw canvas so it would absorb the color evenly and create this optical image * he would hang his canvas then pour his pigments * he doesn't toch the canvas at all in the sense of brushing but he would tilt the canvas to attempted to control its directions

Untitled Donald Judd Untitled 1967 * wanted his sculptures to be grasped quickly * usually one single object in a series * indivisible of color and shape * while others shy away from color, judds loves of color seeps into his minimalistic sculpture * have no base or pedestal but when you stand in front of them they do not float * industrial made as well as color application

Early One Morning Anthony Caro 1962 * painted aluminum and steel * a sense of freedom and openess about them * exilerating upward movement in his horizontal pieces * related more to drawing and painting than sculpture * pre fabricated pre ordered, industrial finished * one single color

Die 1962 Tony Smith * he ordered this sculpture over the telephone * corten steel * a sense of space * designed to be very assertive and make you aware of it * he thought of it as being stonhenge that would rust and have a sense of history

I-Box Early 1960 Robert Morris * he wanted to purify sculpture and take out everything extraneous

L-Beams 1967 Robert Morris * he wanted simple polyhedrons * used them in a modular arrangement

Che Faro 1960s Mark di Suvero * he is an american but born in china

Felt 1967 Morris * The final form is determined entirely by gravity

Trabum Carl Andre 1960 plan 1977 construction

Sixth Copper Square 2007 Carl Andre

Pink out of a Corner 1963 Dan Flavin * interested in duchamp * taking a commercialized item and turn it into art

Afrum I 1967 James Turrell

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