Betty Friedan is credited with igniting the Second Wave of Fenminism in 1963 with her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique. In it, she articulated the loss of identity experienced by many women who were traditionally only valued in their roles as nurtures of home and children. Friedan called for women to throw out their pots and pans in favor of fulfilling careers in the public realm in order to create their own identities and sense of worth - and many women met the challenge.
Quiz #4 Due
Lee Krasner. Cornucopia. 1958. Nancy G. Heller. Women Artists: An Ilustrated History. Fourth edition. New York: Abbeville Press, 2003.
Abstract
Expressionism = term used to describe a wide variety of work produced
in New York between 1940 and 1960
As
the name suggests, the style combines two
important strains of modern art:
Abstraction
- emphasized a non-representational,
formalist approach to the picture plane
Expressionism
- sought emotional responses
from both the artist and the viewer
Formalism = the concept that a work's artistic value is entirely determined by its form - the way it is made, its purely visual aspects and its medium. Formalism emphasizes compositional elements such as color, line, shape and texture rather than realism, context and content.
The Abstract Expressionists worked intuitively
Joan Mitchell. City Landscape. 1955. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hlxUQvzmbeE/Slds2ncQ9DI/AAAAAAAABVI/DiNZ952JtPs/s320/joan+m.jpg
automatism = technique whereby the usual intellectual control of the artist over the brush is foregone. The artist's aim is to allow the subconscious to create the artwork without rational reference.
Resulting in highly personal marks
generated by the subconscious
As if the artist were delving deeply into their psyche
and spilling their inner beings onto the canvas
Jackson Pollock. Autumn Rhythm (Number 30). 1950.
Stokstad,
Marilyn. Art History. Revised Second ed. Vol. 2. New York: Prentice
Hall Inc., and Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
What's so innovative about Jackson Pollock's drip
paintings?
Painted horizontally, on the floor
Jackson
Pollock at work, 1950.
Used house paint and sticks instead of traditional materials
Considers space in a completely new way
All-over composition
Painted gestures move across the picture plane
rather than suggesting an imaginary space beyond
The painter becomes the paintings subject
August 8, 1949 issue of Life Magazine
“The problem with Abstract Expressionism, then and now, is that it had been perceived as a peculiarly male phenomenon. The standard image of the Abstract Expressionist painter – exemplified by Jackson Pollock – is a hard-drinking, chain-smoking, angst-ridden man hanging out with his cronies at the Cedar Bar or savagely flinging paint at an enormous canvas.” - Nancy Heller
Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner
in the studio. 1949.
Emmerling, Leonhard. Pollock. Koln:
Taschen, 2003.
Lee Krasner. Noon. 1947.
http://www.spaniermanmodern.com/06_LIAbstraction/krasner06noonf.jpg
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