Museum of Modern Art

Postmodern artists challenge the conventions of art by applying many different artistic techniques such as appropriation and experimentalism. Postmodern artists reacted to the usual conventions of art by developing new ways of viewing what art might be. The postmodern artists aimed to react against the narrow boundaries of Modernism with special emphasis given to abstract and minimalist art. Appropriation often breaks the conventions or norms and regulations in art. Placing a well known image in…

I would rank Vincent Van Gogh as one of the top ranking and influential artists of all time. He extensively influenced the way modern art is produced and the use of certain artistic techniques. Furthermore, during the twentieth century, his artworks were relatively radical and creative for his time and the use of expressionism and post-impressionism to expose his emotions on the canvas using colours throughout his diverse range of paintings. It is, however, evident that the people of the early…

ainting Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) by Marcel Duchamp is more thought-provoking and artistically relevant than Dorothea Tanning’s painting Birthday. These pieces were painted in different time periods, when different styles of art were common, but when the viewer considers the aesthetic qualities of the piece, the historical value and the ease of which one can draw an interpretation of the piece Duchamp’s is more thought-provoking. Though both pictures have compelling titles that…

combining gestural and spontaneous brushwork and highly effective use of colour. Abbot’s work highly reflects her vital feeling of immediacy and the need to translate sensation into paint. Abbott started gaining interest in art in the early 1940s leading her to enrol for courses at the Art Students League, giving her an opportunity to work with various artists including George Grosz, a painter among others. Abbott was a member of the Artist’s Club in New York City, where she worked with other…

Sheena Stevenson Monday, October 16th 2016 Apparel Construction Assignment 2: The Story of Color Orange is found on the traditional color wheel between red and yellow.Orange is found in nature, as the color of pumpkins and leaves, often representing the autumn season. There are two pure orange pigments, Chrome orange and Realgar.Other shades of orange were popularly found in oil paintings and water colors. The complementary color of orange is a greenish - blue color. Orange…

De Stijl’s most outstanding painter was Mondrian, whose art was rooted in the mystical ideas of Theosophy. Although influenced by his contact with Analytical Cubism in Paris before 1914, Mondrian thought that it had fallen short of its goal by not having developed toward pure abstraction, or, as he put it, “the expression of pure plastics” (which he later called Neoplasticism). In his search for an art of clarity and order that would also express his religious and philosophical beliefs, Mondrian…

Paris, France. He was born into a wealthy family to his parents Antoine Chrysostome Seurat and Ernestine Faivre. He attended art school for several years until he got bored of the basic art and broke free from the traditional art of that time. He went to be considered the founding father of the Neo-Impressionist art movement. The painting represents pointillism, a style of art in which small dots of colours are made to form an image. From a distance, the dots blend together beautifully and…

The two points on which art is created are line and color. This is a topic that has been continuosly discussed. One of the most famous dicused debates of art was the Great Line vs. Color Debate of 1671. This took place at the French Roayal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris. The dispute was weather drawing or color was more important in painting. The two parties involved were the Poussinists and the Rubenists. Those who argued that drawing was the most important thing were dubed the…

experiment of ideas in the arts. Rosalind Krauss challenges many modern artists and art eras accusing them of coping one another, doubting the originality of “avant-garde” work. The question of originality in art is one that has is the main issue of the essay; perhaps it is most accurate to say that she has pushed the way thinking of art in another direction. Krauss, however, using the three examples of Rodin’s sculpture, Monet’s painting, and the widespread use of the grid in modern painting,…

To begin with, Abstract Expressionism was an art movement, that began in 1940s, that started right after World War II ended. Since, World War II ended many artists began to use Abstract Expressionism. For Instance, Paul Jackson Pollock (Jan.28, 1912- Aug.11, 1956) who was born in the U.S. was most known for his technique of Drip Painting during this era. Jackson Pollock was one of the four sons in his family, he grew up in Arizona but got expelled from two schools. So, he moved to NYC along with…