Saturday, January 23, 2010

Art Chart - totally subjective

Primary focus of art:

1 reaching towards the ideal
2 calling for change
3 rejecting current
4 reflecting current

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academy 1
realist 4
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impressionist 4
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postimpressionist 1
cubism 1
abstract 1 futurism 1 surrealism 3 dada 2
german expressionism 4
socialist realism 1 russian constructivism 2
abstract expressionism 1
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happenings 4 fluxus 1 performance 2 conceptual 1 pop 4
minimalism 1 postminimalism 3
postmodern 3
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. <- today

2 comments:

  1. I think that most of these are correct. However, some of them were, or at least became after time, a combination of objectives. For instance, Pop art: while it did very much reflect the current, I always read it as a call for change. I mean, why else reflect the socially constructed signs that we were fed to make up our identity if not to urge some sort of change?
    -Paloma

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  2. Pop art was definitely reflecting the current. It hardly seemed like pop artists had a goal in mind except to utilize modern channels of popularity and recognizability to enhance their art and image.

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