FAH289H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Roy Lichtenstein, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art
8 May 2020
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Images from pulp fiction or comics: appropriating images, not trying to reproduce; trying to recompose, projected images onto canvas then painted images by hand, mechanical look, figures are enlarged and text bubbles are gone. Die , tony smith, 1962: 6x6x6feet, no evidence of artist touch or work/effort, delegated actual making of work to industrial workers, detached. Post-minimalism: broad term, reaction to minimalist practices, found too geometric and rigid, developed as early as 60s, grafts associations of body over minimalist form, ex. Accession ii , eva hesse, 1967: similar cube as smith, but opened up with plastic tubings inside and added by hand to the sides; looks like a tapestry. Lots of evidence of artist work; more involved/engagement with the making of the work. Interest in development of processes; playful engagement: also references abstract form, but opens it up to reference to human body or organic processes. Simplicity of shape does not necessarily equate with simplicity of experience: ex.
