FINE209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Social Realism, Sherrie Levine, Morris Louis
1 Feb 2015
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Not one thing, very roundabout, different interpretations, concepts are influx, artists are challenging and questioning modernism. Manet, bar at the folies- bergere, 1882 vs. morris louis, saraband, 1959: Manet- snapshot, immediate, confrontational, not traditional at the time. Engaged with the moment, the condition of modern life. Louis- push the boundaries, abstract, not traditional at the time. Formalism is part of modernism: art exists for arts sake, painting through painting. How artists + viewers reacted effected art movements. 1910"s-1920"s abstract artists, understanding of the european avant-guarde. Being anti-authority, breaking rules, american artists trying to establish an american form of. Radical art + radical politics get disengaged, now art has a lot of political issues attached to it. Maximilian was a puppet of the mexican army, who eventually got executed. Manet broke the rules of painting for the time period, the work made people uncomfortable.
