VIC101H1 Lecture Notes - Dara Birnbaum, Sarah Charlesworth, Barbara Kruger
14 Apr 2013
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1977 - pictures show => called the pictures generation. A lot of artists used photography as artworks, parts of artworks. Pop art - rose out of wwii; rose in late 50s and into the 60s; celebrating pop culture as well as ambivalence - richard hamilton: things were just were . Minimalism - too much pop in pop art, too fun and not serious; late 60s; more cerebral approach; industrial. Vietnam war was going on at that time as well as protests; age 18-25 rebelling in public ways - kidnap, murder, ripping up streets. Minimalists in relation to context - saw their works as being revolutionary; producing art from humble materials, and sometimes did nothing to it but rearrange it; sought to overturn art world at the time. Conceptual and performance art rose out of minimalism => direct political comment and action; race riots, war protests; america hadn"t seen such protests/violence since civil war.
