FINE209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Canadian Art, Refus Global, Louis Muhlstock
1 Feb 2015
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Interaction between modern art + political, economic + social phenomena. Depression, spanish civil war + wwii implications of canadian art. Immigration of such european artists, english canada capitalism failed. League of reconstruction created advocated change a planned + socialized economy. The conviction artists forced in political struggles engaged the minds of radical anglo- Marxism"s materialist, concern with historical struggle between classes. John fairfax art for man"s sake , clash between individualism + socialism, no artist could remain neutral or be an individualist. Suggested this art was alternative to excess in subjectivity + introspection in the west. In canada fascism reflected expression of anti-jewish sentiment. The depression, cause suffering, what artists ought to do in the global + local crisis. Artists against war + fascism, artists natural rebellious, leftists, communist, lack of faith. Art expressed the individual + communism the collective view. Mysteries of the universe: the ideal + not the material world, stimulate social change.
