Alexander Calder Essay

Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington is called the “Lansdowne” painted in the 1800, it is located in the American Wing; room Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Galleries of Eighteen–century American Art. It is an oil canvas painting displayed upright against the wall near the corridor, dimension are 48 x 37 in. This painting was lent to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stienhardt in 2008. Alongside the George Washington portrait there are other portraits by Gilbert Stuart’s, such as “Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes” and “Jaudenes y Nebot.” From a curator’s point of view, I felt like the artwork around the “George Washington” portrait was ideal because they all represented people in politics. The painting “Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes”

Pablo Picasso He was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France .During his lifetime he created over 20,000 works. Born the son of José Ruiz Blasco a professor of drawing and Maria Picasso López in Málaga on October 25, 1881.

Jackson Pollock was a legendary, novel, abstract expressionist who has created numerous paintings through his drip-style, action painting technique (Goodnough, 2012). Theosophical influence arose from Phillip Guston and Thomas Hart Benton, while in the early stages of the artist’s life. Muralists, such as Jose Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera were also admired and studied by Pollock. He was captivated by the unorthodox techniques of David Alfaro Siqueiros which contributed to the abstract style of Jackson Pollock (Solomon, 1987).

Abstraction is the creation of art without representation of objects, in which the artist has total freedom of the art that they are creating. I will be using three paintings from three different time periods in order to show the development and lasting effects of abstraction in the twentieth century. The first work that I will be looking at is Foghorns by Arthur Dove. I will use this piece to show the beginning of abstraction, and how ideas of abstraction were present before the movement began. The second painting that I will be looking at is Jackson Pollock’s Lucifer. I will be using this painting as an example of the height of abstraction in the 20th century and will be discussing Pollock’s influence on abstraction. The third piece of art I will be looking at is Many Mansion by Kerry James Marshall. I will use this work to show the remnants of Pollock’s influence, and the influence of abstraction in general, on art in the later half of the century. For the development of this paper I looked at two of the course readings. The first reading that I used was The Tradition of the New by Harold Rosenberg. I used this article to show how Foghorns by Arthur Dove relates to abstraction, and to show how ideas in creation of this painting can be linked to ideas of abstract art. The second reading that I used for this paper was The Legacy of Jackson Pollock by Alan Kaprow. I used this article to gain information about

Abstract Expressionism began in the 1940s and the 1950s in New York after World War II from the ideas of Surrealism about art that looks to examining the unconscious mind, and the feelings people hold that makes us all humans. Through the discussion of Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) by Jackson Pollock, I will define Abstract Expression and why this work is part of this movement. Then, through the discussion of Canyon by Robert Rauschenberg, Target with Plaster Casts by Jasper Johns, and Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol, I will explain Assemblage and Pop Art and why each of these works belong to those movements.

Visual opulence, creativity, inimitable vision, and a style that is highly influential are the many characteristics of an admired movement in art history, that being of the Post-Impressionism movement (1875-1892). This movement, which was a by-product of the Impressionism movement, is the bridging gap between the two movements known as Realism and Expressionism. Post-Impressionism takes on some of the stylistic characteristics of these movements; however, it does not contain the all too glossy visuals of Realism or the heavily fantastic visuals of Expressionism, rather it is the intermediary of these two poles. My paper will discuss why this link was absolutely essential to the history of art movements, and I will be specifically using the

Today, rap music is an ever growing genre of music that is often centered on hedonistic pursuits such as wealth, cars, drinks, and fame. About forty years ago, however, rap music focused on an entirely different subject matter. During the 1970s, African Americans sung rap songs to express the need for Black empowerment in society; though their form of singing was not called rapping back then, it was called spoken word poetry, a form of song in which verses of poetry were performed with a fixed beat before an audience. African Americans used this style of singing to express the discontent with the economics and politics during the 1970s. The black population was still economically and politically powerless

Michael has over eight wire sculptures of animals and people. Two of them are wired on wood and hanged on a wall. Overall, Michael does a successful job in giving his sculptures three-dimensional aspects. For example, one of his finest works consists of a man sitting down in a chair with his crossed legs. Michael succeeds the 3D aspect of the sculpture by giving the man’s spine, head, and neck in round and cylinder shapes. In the, end the wire sculptures stand out because of how similar they all look to each other.

Ruth Asawa’s, Untitled (S.114, Hanging, Six-Lobed Continuous Form within a Form with One Suspended and Two Tied Spheres), ca. 1958, is displayed at The Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. Asawa’s work follows the methodology of structuralism, which implies that artists use elements of human culture in relationships to a larger, overarching system or structure. Asawa is also influenced by abstract expressionism by incorporating it into her art by allowing nature to create her forms. Asawa’s specific background, technique, and material allows her to create beautiful sculptures that manipulate form and space, while also sharing similar characteristics as artists we have studied in class.

Tim created unexpected and provoking sculptures that do not take part of modern art.Majority of his sculptures are made with materials from his own body. Not any artist can say they can make art with parts from their own body’s which makes Tim Hankinson’s art unique.

The dominant figure that steered the course of the Abstract Expressionist movement was the infamous painter Jackson Pollock. He was born Paul Jackson Pollock in Cody, Wyoming on January 28, 1912. He was the fifth and youngest son and grew up in Arizona and California after his family left him when he was a little over one year old. Pollock's artistic journey began at the Manual Arts School in Los Angeles, California where he joined two of his brothers. From there, he went on to New York to attend the Art Students' League after being convinced by one of his brothers whom also attended the school.

When Frank Lloyd Wright gave his ideas on his work and his design, the world was in awe that he could make what the public called magnificent. He acknowledged his skills with the speech he gave along with his actions and he thinks of himself no different from anyone else he meets saying they also have potential. The machine he speaks of is the general thought and creation of products while art, the opposite of the machine is unique creations that took root from the machine but display special characteristics. Frank Lloyd Wright’s speech showed the world what he believed in and told the audience that he was simple man with the idea of art. His ideas on the machine and art are truthful and relevant to everyone and showed a motivation to his audience to become great.

In my opinion, the 100 feet tall “Audi Centenary Sculpture” designed by Gerry Judah best fits into the Invention and Fantasy theme. As described on the textbook, the Invention and Fantasy theme can bring an imaginary world to life for the spectator. By placing both cars on the end of the steel track that is not supported by cables or braces and that is pointing to the sky, the spectator can imagine the cars driving off into the sky, out of this world. Through this sculpture Gerry Judah wanted us to perceive these vehicles as something out of this world.

In an effort to find other means of expression, Duchamp broke new boundaries in sculpture by producing three-dimensional sculptures a ready-mades (a term Duchamp later on coined) such as the Bicycle Wheel and the Fountain by using found everyday objects and elevating them as works of art.

Minimalistic art had emerged in the early 1960’s and lasted mainly into the late 1960s and early 1970s. This type of art was created in order to make art totally objective, unexpressive, and non-referential. Minimalistic art was a response to Action Painting, which was personal and expressive. Two popular artists from this era are Dan Flavin and Carl Andre. Flavin used materials such as fluorescent light tubing to create art such as his work titled, “monument” for V. Tatlin, which was created in 1969. Also, Andre used unique manufactured industrial materials to create art. Some of the common materials he used were square plates or blocks made of aluminum, nickel, zinc, copper, steel, limestone, and wood. His art was created in how he lays the materials upon one another. An example of a piece of art created by Andre is “Sculpture as Place.” Minimalistic art was created in order to show materials as they are with little expressive or personal qualities, as artists Flavin and Andre did. Also, Minimalistic Art’s goal was to focus the viewer’s attention on the actual material rather than the artist’s emotion and influence.