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This informative overview delves into the evolution of visual arts in the Information Age, highlighting diverse styles and techniques influenced by mass media and technology. It covers iconic movements such as Pop Art, featuring artists like Claes Oldenburg and Roy Lichtenstein, and examines the rise of Minimalism and photorealism. Additionally, it discusses social conscience art and environmental pieces that reflect contemporary issues. The significance of video art and its fusion of sound and image further illustrates the ongoing transformation in artistic expression.
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Visual Arts • Diverse styles and techniques • Mass Media and Technology for images and material • Mixed Media, Performance and Environmental Art
Pop Art • Coined in 1950 • Silkscreen, airbrush, & mass production
Geometric Abstraction • Not as ironic • Non-objective • Definition
Op Art • European based art • How you see determines what you see.
Minimalism • Definition • What new elements available?
Photorealism • 1970s • Emphasizes elements that are like a photograph • Also called new realism, or hyperrealism.
Social Conscience Art • Self conscious activist role for artist • Draws attention to various issues • Ecology • Drug-use • Terrorism • Decay of Urban Life • Morals
Kienholz, The State Hospital, 1964-1966, Social Conscience Art
Total Art • Process & conception • Form of communal ritual that involves a planned performance • Performance Art or Happenings
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, 1972-6, Environmental Art
Video Art • Media and its message • Beginnings in 1960s under Nam June Paik • Sound and Image combined