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Final Exam-Modern Art Wk 13 pt 2
Post-­‐Minimalism: Earthworks, Figurative Art (Traditional Realism and Photorealism)
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
05/10/2012

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Term
[image]
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Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1969-70, black rock, salt crystal, and earth spiral, 190’ diameter, Great Salt Lake


-wanted to bring beauty to salt lakes
-mostly submerged right now –not permanent
Term
[image]
Definition
L: Alice Neel Andy Warhol, 1970 –o/c ++++++ COMPARE AND CONTRAST W/ LINDA

-not the most flattering photo
-abrupt random colors –red, yellow, green
-guy wearing corset
-no shirt –very vulnerable
Term
[image]
Definition
Chuck Close, Linda 1975-76, acrylic/c
-don’t see mark of the artist

-applied magenta, blue, colors on photos to the left
-wanted people in that galary to see how he got to remarkable image
-see every line around her eyes
-every little stray hair
-remarkable
-coolness –detached element
-don’t know anything about linda
-method and technique
-blows up photograph and uses grid to put in intricate detail
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Compare w/ neel’s work
Feel something for andy Warhol (not cool, hip neel anymore)
Linda don’t feel anything
-feel vulnerability for Warhol
Term
[image]
Definition
R: Estes, Bus Reflections (Ansonia), 1972, o/c


-missing people
-no human presence
Term
[image]
Definition
Duane Hanson, Tourists, 1970, polychromed fiberglass and polyester


-is he making fun?? Or feeling empathy for them?
-stringer doesn’t think he’s making fun of them, he’s bringing attention to
-showing solitude
-or saying look at what’s around you not substitution for real thing with a camera
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