Tuesday 19 March 2013

Как перепостить по времени?

На всякий случай расскажу на примере Сальвадора Дали и сюрреализма,как сделать так,чтобы сначала шло направление,а под ним художник. Пост по сюрреализму опубликован 13 февраля в 18.00. Следовательно,сообщение с самим Дали мы делаем 13 февраля в 17.59.  ("откат" задним числом делаем при помощи расписания).

Thursday 14 March 2013

ТОВАРИЩ,ПРОЧТИ!

Ребят, когда будете печатать очередное сообщение в Art Movements, пожалуйста, делайте следующее:
 - шрифт: по умолчанию;
 - размер шрифта: обычный;
 - цвет текста: черный;
 - выравнивание: по ширине;
Для того чтобы убрать белый или еще какого-либо цвета фон: выделите текст и нажмите "Удалить форматирование"!

Sunday 3 March 2013

Conceptual Art - 1960s.

Conceptualart, sometimes simply called Conceptualism, is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of works of conceptual art, sometimes calledinstallations, may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions.This method was fundamental to LeWitt's definition of Conceptual art, one of the first to appear in print:       
"In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art."
  Through its association with the Young British Artists and the Turner Prize during the 1990s, in popular usage, particularly in the UK, "conceptual art" came to denote all contemporary art that does not practice the traditional skills of painting andsculpture. It could be said that one of the reasons why the term "conceptual art" has come to be associated with various contemporary practices far removed from its original aims and forms lies in the problem of defining the term itself. As the artist Mel Bochner suggested as early as 1970, in explaining why he does not like the epithet "conceptual", it is not always entirely clear what "concept" refers to, and it runs the risk of being confused with "intention." Thus, in describing or defining a work of art as conceptual it is important not to confuse what is referred to as "conceptual" with an artist's "intention."


Fountain is a 1917 work widely attributed to Marcel Duchamp. The scandalous work was a porcelain urinal, which was signed "R.Mutt" and titled Fountain. Submitted for the exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists in 1917, Fountain was rejected by the committee, even though the rules stated that all works would be accepted from artists who paid the fee. Fountain was displayed and photographed at Alfred Stieglitz’s studio, and the photo published in The Blind Man, but the original has been lost. The work is regarded by some art historians and theorists of the avant-garde, such as Peter Bürger, as a major landmark in 20th century art. Replicas commissioned by Duchamp in the 1960s are now on display in a number of different museums.

Saturday 2 March 2013

Abstract Expressionism - 1960s.

Abstract expressionism is an art movement that flourished after World War II until the early 1960s, characterized by the view that art is nonrepresentational and chiefly improvisational. Although the term "abstract expressionism" was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine "Der Sturm", regarding German Expressionism. In the United States, Alfred Barr was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to works by Wassily Kandinsky.
   Here are some of early Kandinsky's works which marked the beginning of the given art movement:


Basic to most abstract expressionist painting were the attention paid to surface qualities, i.e., qualities of brushstroke and texture; the use of huge canvases; the adoption of an approach to space in which all parts of the canvas played an equally vital role in the total work; the harnessing of accidents that occurred during the process of painting; the glorification of the act of painting itself as a means of visual communication; and the attempt to transfer pure emotion directly onto the canvas.
   Here are some significant artists whose works defined Abstract Expressionism:

Friday 1 March 2013

Minimalism - 1960-1970s.

Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts. Minimalism is any design or style in which the simplest and fewest elements are used to create the maximum effect.
As a specific movement in the arts it is identified with developments in post–World War II Western Art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. It is rooted in the reductive aspects of Modernism, and is often interpreted as a reaction against Abstract expressionism and a bridge to Postminimal art practices. The word was first used in English in the early 20th century to describe the Mensheviks.
Kazimir Malevich, Black Square, 1915, Oil on Canvas

Key characteristics: Minimalist art was normally precise and hard-edged. It incorporated geometric forms often in repetitive patterns and solid planes of color, normally cool hues or unmixed colors straight from the tube. Minimalists wanted their viewer to experience their work without the distractions of composition, theme, and other elements of traditional work. The Minimalists' emphasis on eradicating signs of authorship from the artwork (by using simple, geometric forms, and courting the appearance of industrial objects) led, inevitably, to the sense that the meaning of the object lay not "inside" it, but rather on its surface - it arose from the viewer's interaction with the object. This led to a new emphasis on the physical space in which the artwork resided.