FAH102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Eduardo Paolozzi, Lawrence Alloway, Marcel Duchamp
Document Summary
History is not just what really" happened, it is a man-made story recorded subjectively to the writer. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Art history is the history of a norm/antiquity. New history, fulfills this norm. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Beginning -- past ----- present -- end (we are here, after the end of art) (cid:1) (cid:1) Avant-garde movement of artists trying to escape boundaries of society, art and past history: marcel duchamp, the mona lisa 1919. Ridiculing mona lisa as a cult image and the role it played in western society and art history: malevich, icon of his time 1913 black square. Meaning; there is no meaning (painting is obsolete: newman"s euclidian abyss 1946/47 // who is afraid of red yellow and blue 1966/67. Uses geometry to emphasize on the flatness of the canvas: robert rauschenberg. Has to be seen as a statement. (cannot be defined with traditional terms) Acquired by moma in 1935 a relationship.
