Art in the 1970s

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Art in the 1970s
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Historical Context

• The 1970s witnessed the sour end of the Vietnam
  War
• The resignation of President Nixon following the
  Watergate scandal
• The beginning of civilwar in Lebanon
• The overthrow of President Salvador Allende in
  Chile
• The fall of the Shah in Iran
• The Russian invasion of Afghanistan
• Numerous terrorist incidents in Europe (inc. IRA)
• Severe Economic crisis by the sharp price rise in
  the cost of crude oil.

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Factions in the 1970s

• Painting
• Superealism or Photorealism
• Performance Art/ Installation
• Land/Environment Art
• Arte Povera

• Minority Groups
• Feminism
• Craft Revival
• African American Art
• Murals
• Photography

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Painting
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Lucian FreudNaked Girl asleep, 1968
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Francis BaconPortrait of Lucian Freud on Orange
Couch , 1965
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Francis BaconThree Studies of Figures on Beds,
1972
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Alice NeelThe Family (John Gruen, Jane Wilson
and Julia), 1970
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Susan RothenbergButterfly, 1976
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Anselm KieferVarus, 1976
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Photorealism/Super RealismRichard Estes1971
Parking Lot
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Richard EstesDouble Self, 1976
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Malcolm MorleyPortrait of Esses in Central
Park, 1970
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Duane Hanson
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Chuck CloseBig Self-Portrait, 1967-68 Acrylic
on canvas.
There is a tradition of emphasizing those key
areas of the face which control likeness, while
the skin, neck, hair and background are not
considered of primary importance in the reading
of a portrait. I wanted to make those areas
almost as interesting and important as the more
symbolic areas of the face. Chuck Close, quoted
in Realists at Work
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Chuck CloseLinda, 1975-6 (273.5 x 212.5cm)
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Chuck CloseLarge Phil Fingerprint, 1979
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Performance Art and Conceptual Art
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Joseph BeuysArena where I would have gone if I
had been intelligent, 1970-72
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Hans Haacke
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Land/ Environmental Art
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Robert SmithsonSpiral Jetty, 1970
(Approx.1500ft diameter)
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Walter De MariaThe Lightning Field, 1977
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Walter De MariaThe New York Earth Room, 1977
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Richard LongA line made by walking, England
1967
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Richard LongA line in Ireland, 1974
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Christo Jeanne-ClaudeRunning Fence, 1972-6
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Andy Goldsworthy
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Feminism
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Judy ChicagoThe Dinner Party, 1979
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Settings
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Chicago

• I am of the opinion that the entire class
  struggle is based on the division between male
  and female and that is what, for me, is
  fundamental.

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Mary KellyPost-Partum Document, 1978-79
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Craft Revival

• The events of the 1960s brought with them a
  widespread revulsion against industrial society.
• Many graduates of visual arts courses did not
  want to plunge into the urban rat-race and felt a
  strong desire to get back to nature and opt out
  of the system.
• Therefore there was a reappearance of the
  artist-craftsman, especially in the US.

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Claire Zeisler
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Magdalena Abakanowicz80 Backs, 1976-80
(burlap and resin)
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Eva HesseHang Up, 1965-66
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Eva HesseContingent, 1969(cheesecloth, latex,
fibreglass installation)
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Photography
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Cindy ShermanUntitled Film Stills, 3, 1977-80
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Cindy ShermanUntitled Film Stills, 13, 1977-80
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Cindy ShermanUntitled Film Stills, ?, 1977-80
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Audrey FlackLeonardos Lady, 1974
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African American Art
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Betye SaarThe Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972
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Murals
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Congresso de Artistas Chicanos en AztlánWe are
NOT a minority, 1978
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Arte Povera
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Alighiero Boetti Political Map of the World, 1969
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Tony CraggStack, 1975