Abstract art

activity of stenography in its depicting of a female stenographer directed by a male figure.” During his time with his analyst, Pollock experimented with Jungian motifs and reflected upon their meaning to explore psychoanalysis and its correlation to art. According to Jungian theories, “the collective unconscious, like the personal unconscious, influences human behavior. The collective unconscious is deeply ingrained in the minds of all humans and it is considered the most powerful aspect of…

“Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.” As a NIACC student taking Art History II, I agree with Confucius, there is beauty in everything, but not everyone sees it. When viewing the North Iowa Area Community College Auditorium Art Gallery in Mason City, Iowa on Monday that is presenting “Painting & Mixed Media,” I can’t help but to be mystified by Rita Kirsch Dungey’s work. Rita’s work is a temporary NIACC art showcase that shows from February 16th through April 13th, 2016 along side…

Art movements throughout time have evolved according to the time, place and context in which each movement was introduced. The Religious Abstract movement is from the Classical Religious art to the symbolic, figurative Religious Abstract art. Religious Abstract artworks are created through the artist representation of a religious text or of a complex spiritual idea creating an evolving sub art movement. This is displayed throughout history from the first abstract religious painting by Hilma Kint…

greatly associated with abstract expressionism and self identity within abstract expressionism, we look into arguably the piece of work that cemented his name within the American art world, Electric Night. Breaking this work down aspect by aspect, visually and conceptually. Exploring his style known as white writing, and influences from the Japanese culture, the Northwest school, and other artist including Jackson Pollock. Finally, looking at what Mark Tobey meant the abstract expressionism…

Vassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter, writer, teacher, art theorist and the father of abstract art. Being a trained musician, he used music in his approach to color which he made sing from the canvas. A major turning point in his style of art came after he viewed Claude Monet’s “Haystack at Giverny” at a Moscow exhibition. Over the years he perfected his style of abstract art. He inspired other artists, wrote books on his theories, worked with museums, and ballet’s, experienced his work…

Almost anything can define art. It can appear like virtually everything. It just depends on who is the creator. Jackson Pollock was a creator of abstract expressionism. The style drifts from the realistic drawing and heads more for pure color and configuration. Not everybody cares for the style and discussions have risen on whether this manner of abstract expressionism represents art. Even though the first look makes Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles painting seem like child's play, a closer…

work. This included, Anni and Joseph Albers, Mondrian, Andre Masson, and Max Ernst, while bringing their innovative methods of abstraction. The intrusion of Avant-Garde ideology is believed to be the stepping stone that led to the success of the Abstract Expressionist in New York in the 1940’s-50’s. Artists of the AB-EX movement looked at works by archaic civilizations in search for eternal compositions. Influenced by Jungian psychology that emphasizes the importance of the individual psyche and…

“Entrance to the Subway” is an oil painting on canvas, by Mark Rothko, an American painter of Russian-Jewish descent. This painting is part of series of street scenes and subway pictures made in the 1930’s by Mark Rothko (National Gallery of Art). This painting serves as an example of depression-era paintings, a time of poverty and unemployment. The main purpose of this painting is to portray the loneliness of city life. The youngest of four children Mark Rothko was born Marcus Yakovlevich…

On November 18, 2016, I went to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, where the motto is “The Secret to Life is in Art .” Prior to my visit to the museum, I was already familiar with it due to the fact that, two of my works of art from high school, was shown there. Even though this was true, I still had not actually looked through the museum. Prior to this course, I did not have much of an appreciation or care for art because of how “overrated” it seems today. But with the knowledge and…

Abstract art uses words, shapes, colors and lines to create one big idea or concept, there are many different art genres like sculptures, animation, body art, digital art and my ‘’personal favorite’’ abstract art, because it can be neat and messy at the same time. Abstract art dates all the way back to the Renaissance and up to the middle of the 19th century. ‘’Air View of a Spring Nursery’’ by Alma Thomas makes me feel like a kid all over again, its colors pop off the canvas and makes me…