Week Seven - Black Arts Movement & Chicano Artsists

Black Arts Movement: Elizabeth Catlett, David Hammons, William Aiken Walker, Sam Gilliam, Alma Thomas, Norman Lewis, Edward Clark, Melvin Edwards, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Romare Bearden

Chicano Artists: Luis Jimenez, Ester Hernandez

Study Slides

Norman Lewis - Harlem Turns White - 1955


Alma Thomas - Red Violet Nursery Viewed from Above - 1970


Romare Bearden - Prevalence of Ritual: Baptism - 1964


Elizabeth Catlett - Sharecropper - 1968


Esther Hernandez - Sun Mad - 1982

Luis Jimenez - American Dream - 1967-69

Week Six: Pop Art

Pop Art: Robert Rauchenberg, Jasper Johns, Larry Rivers, Marisol Escobar, Tom Wesselman, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg

Essay

1. Discuss specific techniques and materials used in American Art since 1945. How are they appropriate or inappropriate for the artistic expression involved? Support your essay by referring to specific artists, works and dates.

2. Discuss how American Art since 1945 reflects the society which produced it. Your essay may include but not be limited to: cultural norms and mores, politics, hopes, fears, fantasies, mass media, etc. Support your essay by referring to specific artists, works and dates.

3. New artistic movements developed continuously in the United States since 1945. Some, however, appear to be more influential than others. Select an art movement discussed in class which you believe is a major contributor to American Art since 1945. State why this movement is significant. Discuss the artists involved in the movement and their impact on subsequent artists. Cite specific artists, works and dates.

Study Slides

Roy Lichtenstein - Whaam! - 1963


Tom Wesselman - Still Life #30 - 1963


Andy Warhol - Big Electric Chair - 1967


Larry Rivers - Washington Crosses the Delaware - 1953


Robert Rauschenberg - Bed 1955


Marisol Escobar - Women and Dog - 1964


Jasper Johns - Field Painting - 1964


Claes Oldenburg - Floor Cake -1963

Week Five: Post Painterly, Minimal Art and Op Art

Post Painterly Abstraction, Minimalism: Helen Frankenthaler, Larry Poons, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitsky, Frank Stella

Op Art: Richard Anuskiewicz, Bridget Riley, Victor Vasarely

Study Slides

Kenneth Noland - Trans Flux - 1963


Richard Anuskiewicz - All Things Do Live in the Three - 1963


Victor Vasarely - Vega Nor - 1969


Frank Stella - Marriage of Reason and Squalor - 1959


Jules Olitsky - Comprehensive Dream - 1965


Bridget Riley - Current - 1964


Aaron Siskin - Chicago - 1949


Larry Poons - Nixes Mate - 1964


Helen Frankenthaler - Mountains and Sea - 1952


Harry Callahan - Lake Michigan - 1950


Ad Reinhartdt - Abstract Painting - 1960

Week Four: The New York School Continued

Abstract Expressionism
The Color Field Painters: Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, Clyfford Still, Aaron Siskin, Robert Motherwell, William Baziotes, Harry Callahan

Study Slides

Lee Krasner - Painting Number 19 - 1947


Barnett Newman - Onement - 1948


Phillip Guston - Zone - 1953-54


Mark Rothko - Number 9 - 1948


Kranz Kline - Mahoning - 1956


Clyfford Still - 1957-D #1 - 1957


William Baziotes - Dusk - 1958


Jackson Pollock - Lavender Mist - 1950