Art of the Later 20th Century: post 1945

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Art of the Later 20th Century post
1945 (Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond)
I. Modernism (1945-1980)
Modernist Formalism Art for the Public

• Pop Art 1960s
• Superrealism late 60s-1970s
• Environmental Art late 60s-1970s

Abstract Expressionism 1945-1965 Post-Painterly
Abstraction 1960s Minimalism 1960s
Alternatives to Formalism Performance Art
1960s Conceptual Art late 1960s
II. Postmodernism (1980-?)

• Installations
• New Technologies

• Neo-Expressionism
• Art as Political Weapon

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I. Modernism (1945-1980)
Modernist Formalism
Abstract Expressionism 1945-1965 Post-Painterly
Abstraction 1960s Minimalism 1960s
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• Abstract Expressionism (1945-65)
• Gestural Abstraction or Action Painting
• Chromatic Abstraction or Color Field Painting

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JACKSON POLLOCK, Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist),
1950
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Photo of Jackson Pollock painting
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WILLEM DE KOONING, Woman I, 19501952
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MARK ROTHKO, No. 14, 1961
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BARNETT NEWMAN, Vir Heroicus Sublimis, 19501951
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• Post-Painterly Abstraction (1960s)
• Flat Color Field Painting
• Hard Edge Painting
• Minimalism

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HELEN FRANKENTHALER, Bay Side, 1967
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MORRIS LOUIS, Saraband, 1959
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ELLSWORTH KELLY, Red Blue Green, 1963
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FRANK STELLA, Nunca Pasa Nada, 1964
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TONY SMITH, Die, 1962
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DONALD JUDD, Untitled, 1969
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I. Modernism (1945-1980)
Alternatives to Modernist Formalism
Performance Art 1960s Conceptual Art late 1960s
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CAROLEE SCHNEEMAN, Meat Joy, 1964 Photograph of
performance at JudsonChurch, New York
Performance Art 1960s
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JOSEPH KOSUTH, One and Three Chairs, 1965
Conceptual Art late 1960s
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I. Modernism (1945-1980)
Art for the Public
Pop Art 1960s Superrealism late
1960s-1970s Environmental Art late 1960s-1970s
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Pop Art (1960s)
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ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, Canyon, 1959
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JASPER JOHNS, Three Flags, 1958
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN, Hopeless, 1963
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CLAES OLDENBURG, photo of one-person show at the
Green Gallery, New York, 1962.
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ANDY WARHOL, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, 1962
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ANDY WARHOL, Marilyn Diptych, 1962
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Superrealism (Photorealism) (late1960s-1970s)
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AUDREY FLACK, Marilyn, 1977
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CHUCK CLOSE, Big Self-Portrait, 19671968
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DUANE HANSON, Supermarket Shopper, 1970
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Environmental Art (late1960s-1970s)
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ROBERT SMITHSON, Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake,
Utah, 1970
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CHRISTO JEANNE CLAUDE, Surrounded Islands, Key
Biscayne, Florida, 1980-83
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II. Postmodernism (1980-?)
Neo-Expressionism Art as Political
Weapon Installations New Technologies ???????
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MARK TANSEY, A Short History of Modernist
Painting, 1982