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Head of a Hostage
1943
ART INFORMEL
Fautrier - French
Statement: Directly influenced by the caves @ Lascaux through color/texture/etc. |
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1944
ART BRUT
Dubuffet - French
Statement: Autobiographical because the artist witnessed these daily marches on the street. |
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Large Sooty Nude
1944
ART BRUT
Dubuffet - French
Statement: "It will be women who will rebuild after the war; Women would never send their sons and husbands to war; Women are the return to humanity/the beginning of humanity." |
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Group of Four Trees
1972
ART BRUT
Dubuffet - French
Statement: Trees were a symbol of corporations in America: "These corporations show strength, growth, and prosperity." -- Symbols changed over time. |
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Chariot
1950
MID-CENTURY SCULPT.
Giacometti - Italian / French
Statement: Autobiographical because it is a depiction of the nurses with their medicine carts in the hospital he stayed in. |
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La Place
1947
MIA-CENTURY SCULPT.
Giacometti - Italian / French
Statement: Jean Paul Sartre said that this sculpture embodied Existentialism. |
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Recumbent Figure
1938
BRITISH MID-CENTURY SCULPTURE
Moore - British
Statement: Organic subject matter reflected society's cry to return to humanity after enormous devastation; Female figure implied the birth of humanity and the repopulation of Europe. |
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Shelterers in the Tube
1941
Drawing
Moore - British
Statement: Autobiographical: Moore was London's war artist, and would document environments/people taking shelter. |
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Sculpture With Color and String
1961
BRITISH MID-CENTURY SCULPT.
Hepworth - British
Statement: Organic forms based on ancient sculpture. |
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Curved Form II with Wire
1961
BRITISH MID-CENTURY SCULPT.
Hepworth - British
Statement: Work shows her ambivalence of wanting to hoard her children vs. letting them leave the nest. |
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Guardians of The Secret
1943
AB. EX. : GESTURAL PAINTING
Pollock - American
Statement: Raw primitive brushwork influenced by caves @ Lascaux. |
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Lucifer
1947
AB. EX. : DRIP PAINTING
Pollock - American
Statement: Destroyed traditional painting; influenced by Navajo sand painting. Lucifer condenses the five major concepts of design into line only. |
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Woman I
1952
AB. EX. : GESTURAL PAINTING
De Kooning - Dutch
Statement: It is believed that this painting is a representation of his abusive mother. |
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Gotham News
1955
AB. EX. : ACTION PAINTING
De Kooning - Dutch
Statement: Autobiographical; piece is DIRECTLY RELATED to the last visit his mother made to him in America |
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Subway Scene
1938
COLOR FIELD PAINTING
Rothko - Russian
Statement: This painting is a prelude to what Rothko becomes known for; rectangles of color.
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Blue, Orange, and Red
1961
COLOR FIELD PAINTING
Rothko - Russian
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Rothko Chapel, Houston
1971
COLOR FIELD PAINTING
Rothko - Russian
Statement: The eight sides of the room are a symbol for eternity.
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Decent into Darkness
1947
PICTOGRAPHS
Gottleib - German
Statement: Gottleib was trying to prove the universality of humans; that we are all the same beneath the skin. |
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Blackburn: The Song of the Irish Blacksmith
1950
POSTWAR AMERICAN SCULPTURE
Smith - American
Statement: Autobiographical; Blackburn was the name of the man who gave Smith his first studio for free. This sculpture is en homage to the man. |
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Hudson River Landscape
1951
POSTWAR AMERICAN SCULPTURE
Smith - American
Statement: Autobiographical; The sculpture is a depiction of things he saw on his Sunday walks along the Hudson River. |
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Cubi Series
1960s
POSTWAR AMERICAN SCULPTURE
Smith - American
Statement: The reflective surface of the totemic structure allows the viewer to see themselves like a mirror; it is meant to ask you who you are. |
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Hotel Eden
1945
ASSEMBLAGE
Cornell - Dutch
Statement: The piece evokes memories in the viewer that NEVER HAPPENED. |
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Soap Bubble Variant (Series)
1940s
ASSEMBLAGE
Cornell - Dutch
Statement: Soap Bubble Variant is a device in which you are to contemplate your place in time and space and what your purpose is. |
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Sky Cathedral
1958
ASSEMBLAGE
Nevelson - Russian
Statement: Sky Cathedral is part of an exhibit titled "Moon Garden Plus One"; it is en homage to her mother's death, and is painted entirely black because black is the color of INFINITY in Russian lore. |
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Toy "2"
1961
ASSEMBLAGE
Chamberlain - American
Statement: This mixed media piece is directly related to society in America and our lasting prevalence of consumerism. |
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Monogram
1959
AMERICAN NEO-DADA (COMBINE)
Rauschenberg - American
Statement: Piece is a sort of self portrait, where he is represented by a sacrificial goat as a metaphor for how artists, specifically Abstract Expressionists, despised his work.
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Estate
1963
AMERICAN NEO-DADA
Rauschenberg - American
Statement: First postmodern view of the world in art. |
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Revolver
1967
AMERICAN NEO-DADA
Rauschenberg - American
Statement: First piece of art that had a connection to popular culture (music). The Beatle's album, "Revolver". |
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Flag
1955
AMERICAN NEO-DADA
Johns - American
Statement: The piece is a statement on the myth of America in the 50s; Johns wanted people to question what they thought they knew. |
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False Start
1959
AMERICAN NEO-DADA
Johns - American
Statement: Piece is ABOUT semiotics; a word is arbitrary, you have to agree on the meaning. The object is the same, the methodology of describing it is arbitrary. |
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Painted Bronze
1960
AMERICAN NEO-DADA
Johns - American
Statement: Autobiographical; Johns painted these bronze casts of beer cans because De Kooning made a remark that Johns could "probably even paint beer cans" and still sell them. |
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Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?
1956
PROTO-POP
Hamilton - British
Statement: Hamilton believed Americans were tasteless beings with a lot of money. |
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32 Campbell's Soup Cans
1962
HIGH POP ART
Warhol - American
Statement: Commodity (soup) becomes art (oil paint), art becomes commodity. |
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Gold Marilyn Monroe
1962
HIGH POP ART
Warhol - American
Statement: Golden frame influenced by iconic images of the virgin Mary from the church that he went to. |
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Electric Chair
1965
HIGH POP ART
Warhol - American
Statement: Color desensitizes the viewer. |
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Camouflage, Self-Portrait
1986
HIGH POP ART
Warhol - American
Statement: "Yes I am a celebrity, but I also want to hide." |
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Oh, Jeff
1963
HIGH POP ART
Lichtenstein - American
Statement: Mimicked the Ben Day dot printing style on his pieces to flatten depth. |
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Big Painting no. 6
1965
HIGH POP ART
Lichtenstein - American
Statement: Autobiographical; "I used to be this [Ab. Ex.], but now I am this [Pop Art]." |
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Ghost Typewriter
1963
HIGH POP ART
Oldenburg - American
Statement: Autobiographical; Oldenburg's father's secretary would let him play w/ an electric typewriter; it is a memory from his childhood that is slowly fading away. |
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Lipstick on a Caterpillar Tractor
1969
HIGH POP ART
Oldenburg - American
Statement: Feminization of war, because women would never send their sons/husbands to war. |
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Knife/Ship
1976
HIGH POP ART
Oldenburg - American
Statement: "Cuts through the water like a knife." |
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The Diner
1966
ENVIRONMENTS
Segal - American
Statement: Observation of the absence of man in modern life/alienation. |
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Walk/Don't Walk
1976
ENVIRONMENTS
Segal - American
Statement: People don't pay attention to signs / Man is not present in daily life. |
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The Wait
1966
ENVIRONMENTS
Ed & Nancy Kienholz
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Portable War Memorial
1968
ENVIRONMENTS
Ed & Nancy Kienholz - American
Statement: "War in America is always going on." |
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