ABSTRACTIONISM MAPEH GRADE 10 CONTEMPORARY

CONTEMPORARY ARTS

1. ABSTRACTIONISM

2. Abstractionist movement arose from the intellectual points of view in the 20 th century. In the world of science, physicists were formulating a new view of the universe, which resulted in the concepts of space-time and relativity. This intellectualism was reflected even in art.

3. CUBISM The cubist style derived its name from the cube, a three dimensional geometric figure composed of strictly measured lines, planes, and angles. Cubist artworks were, therefore, a play of planes and angles on a flat surface .

4. Pablo Picasso Spanish painter/sculptor

5. Three Musicians Girl Before a Mirror (detail) Pablo Picasso, 1921 Pablo Picasso, 1932 Oil on canvas Oil on canvas

6. FUTURISM Began in Italy in the early 1900s. As the name implies, the futurists created art for a fast-paced, machine-propelled age. They admired the motion, force, speed, and strength of mechanical forms.

7. Armored Train Gino Severini , 1915 Oil on canvas

8. MECHANICAL STYLE As a result of the futurist movement, what became known as the mechanical style emerged. In this style, basic forms such as planes, cones, spheres, and cylinders all fit together precisely and neatly in their appointed places.

9. The City Fernand Léger, 1919 Oil on canvas

10. NON-OBJECTIVISM From the very term “non-object,” works in this style did not make use of figures or even representations of figures. They did not refer to recognizable objects or forms in the outside world. Lines, shapes, and colors were used in a cool, impersonal approach that aimed for balance, unity, and stability.

11. New York City Piet Mondrian, 1942 Oil on canvas

12. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: POP ART, OP ART

13. ACTION PAINTING The techniques could be splattering, squirting, and dribbling paint with no pre-planned design or design in mind. The total effect is one of vitality, creativity, “energy made visible.”

14. Pollock ’s first one-man show in New York in 1943 focused worldwide attention on abstract expressionism for the first time.

15. Autumn Rhythm Jackson Pollock, 1950 Oil on canvas

16. COLOR FIELD PAINTING In contrast to the vigorous gestures of the action painters, another group of artists who came to be known as “ color field painters” used different color saturations (purity, vividness, intensity) to create their desired effects. Some of their works were huge fields of vibrant color

17. Magenta, Black, Green on Orange Mark Rothko, 1949 Oil on canvas

18. Their works ranged from paintings, to posters, to collages, to three-dimensional “assemblages” and installations. These made use of easily recognizable objects and images from the emerging consumer society—as in the prints of Andy Warhol. Their inspirations were the celebrities, advertisements, billboards, and comic strips that were becoming commonplace at that time. Hence the term POP (from “popular”) ART emerged.

19. Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol, 1967 Silkscreen print

20. Whaam ! Roy Lichtenstein, 1963 Acrylic and oil on canvas

21. This was yet another experiment in visual experience—a form of “action painting,” with the action taking place in the viewer’s eye. In op art, lines, spaces, and colors were precisely planned and positioned to give the illusion of movement. OPTICAL ART OR “OP ART.”

22. Current Bridget Riley, 1964 Synthetic polymer paint on composition board

23. CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORMS: INSTALLATION ART AND PERFORMANCE ART

24. INSTALLATION ART - Uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the viewer’s experience in a particular space. - Usually lifesize or even larger. Installation can be constructed in everyday public or private spaces both indoor and outdoor.

25. Cordillera Labyrinth Roberto Villanueva, 1989 Bamboo and runo grass Outdoor installation at the Cultural Center of the Philippines

26. Pasyon at Rebolusyon Santiago Bose, 1989 Mixed media installation

27. is a form of modern art in which the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work. It can happen anywhere, at any time, or for any length of time. PERFORMANCE ART

28.  time  space  the performer’s body  a relationship between performer and audience FOUR BASIC ELEMENTS:

29. In performance art, the performer himself or herself is the artist.