ARTH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ben-Day Dots, Campbell Soup Company, Diptych
19 Apr 2016
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During wwii the epicentre of the western art world moved from paris to new york city. Emphasized the creative process being at least as important as the finished product (the canvas as an. Links to surrealist ideas about the collective unconscious. Art as a symbol of freedom and individuality during the cold war arena in which to act ) Hans namuth, photograph of jackson polluck painting (1950) Stood over the canvas and painted, dropped cigarette buts on it. Canvas an arena in which he performs. Jackson polluck, moon woman cuts the circle (1943) Jackson polluck, number 1, 1950 (lavender mist) (1950) No hidden imagery, no story to figure out. About paint and cavas, painting at its purest. Radical, the world had never seen anything like this before. As if he attacked the canvas > paint laid out in violent, slashing movements. Looked rushed and casual, actually product of months of work, very carefully put together.
