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Abstract Expressionism
Dates from the mid 1940's to 1950's
Some famous artists are Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Adolph Gottlieb,
They mainly lived in New York city
Can be broken down into two major categories, Colour field Painting and Action Painting
The subject is abstract, reflects the artist's expression of what is going on on his mind. Example: Mark Rothko- Untitled -
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Op Art
Dates from the mid 1950's to the early 1970's
Some famous artists are: Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Bridget Riley, Lawrence Poons, and Victor Vasarely.
Created both in Europe and the USA
Op paintings are based on optical illusions.
The subject is non representational. Example: Movement in Squares, by Bridget Riley 1961 -
Minimalism
Dates from the 1960's to 1970's
Examples of artists: Donald Judd, Ronald Bladen, Dan Flavin, Sol Lewitt, Robert Morris, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, and Frank Stella.
In the US
Art is reduced to essentials, The paintings are not representative, they are non objective.
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Conceptual Art
Dates from 1960's to 1970's
Examples of artists: Joseph Kosuth, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, John Cage, Hans Haacke, and Dennis Oppenheim.
The Idea is more important than the object. Reaction against commercialization of art. Example: One and three chairs - Kosuth -
Photorealism
Dates from Mid-1960s to mid-1970s.
Examples of artists Don Eddy, Richard Estes, Audrey Flack, Chuck Close, and Janet Fish.
The artist makes a copy of a photograph.
The subject is the photograph itself. John's Diner with John's Chevelle, 2007 John Baeder -
Earth Art
Dates from Mid-1960s through 1970s.
Examples of artists : Robert Smithson, Christo (Christo Javacheff), Alice Aycock, Michael Heizer.
These artists supported the growing ecological movement,
the subject is anything that has to do with the earth. Example: Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson -
Performance Art
Dates from 1960's to the present.
Examples of artists are Joseph Beuys, Allan Kaprow, Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Chris Burden.
Performance art includes music, dance , poetry and theatre and video. The artist's body is always used in the artwork. Chris Burden- Transfixed -
Post-Modernism
Dates from 1970s to today.
Examples of artists are: Michael Graves, James Stirling, Nam June Paik, Ann Hamilton, Mark Tansey, Barbara Kruger, and Cindy Sherman.
Influenced by technological inventions, The subject is traditional such as a landscape. Example: KRUGER, You Are a Captive Audience, 1983. -
Neo-Expressionism
Dates from Late 1970s to mid-1980s.
Examples of artists: Francesco Clemente, Sandro Chia, Anselm Kiefer, Georg Baselitz, A. R. Penck, Jörg Immendorff, Susan Rothenberg.
It is a reaction against Conceptualism and abstraction therefore the subject is usually recognizable. Example: Jean Basquiat - Scull
