FINE209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Judith Butler, Clyfford Still, Hypermasculinity
1 Feb 2015
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Postwar reconstruction + conservatism of cold war period, resulted in a focus on the work of male artists, woman played role in evolution of abstract expressionism. William de kooning, clyfford still, elaine de kooning + joan mitchell. Categorizations of gender are a feature of the artists social identity as they are of the work produced. Popularity of jungian notions of the unconscious, masculine + feminine archetypes. Meaning attached to a type of painting, performativity associated with judith butler. Gendering of the gesture: jackson pollock + abstract expressionist masculinity. 2 main critics promoted radical painting in postwar nyc: greenberg +rosenberg. Rosenberg"s -the act of the painting, performative of abstract expressionism. Identification of the main features of us avant-garde painting i. e. gesture. Greenberg discussed the work of pollock, engagement of space dominant. Pollock"s engagement with spatial issues of european modernists. Primacy of gesture, engagement between artist + canvas, pollock"s gestural act. Pollock"s attitude toward subject matter + figuration debate.
