MPC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Staccato, Morris Louis, Helen Frankenthaler
25 Mar 2016
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Center of art moved to ny after ww2. Ny didn"t sufer from horrors of war. Peggy guggenheim"s art of the century gallery established for avant-garde talent. Ny: collectors with money, literature on art, keen critics, eager audience, led to new. Movement of body and the way paint is applied. Canvas on loor, he"s not touching the canvas, but stepping on it, using house paint, variety of materials. Number 1 a: one of his best known works, named so that you don"t get preconceived ideas from the title, see handprint, textures, flatness of composition but depth in layering, primary colors in dots. Autumn rhythm no 30: dismal sales, but it was purchased eventually by moma, secular, religious experience. Not simple black and white, there"s reworking, emergence of tones, grays. Primarily used house paint, his dealer tried to make him switch to oil. See voice starting to appear in lat colors. No texture, moving closer and closer to what we know.
