Sonia Boyce

Sonia Boyce is a British Afro-Caribbean artist, now living in London. Her early work was based upon 'race, ethnicity and contemporary urban experience expressed in large pastel drawings and photographic collages, questioning racial stereotypes in the media and in day-to-day life' ( http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/b/boyce_sonia).
"The effect of her work has been to re-orientate and re-negotiate the position of Black or Afro-Caribbean art within the cultural mainstream. " (http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/artists_stories/single/63633). 


Sonia Boyce studied in my home town at  the first National Convention of Black Artists at Wolverhampton College of Art , where she was amazed to find so many interested and engaged black artists. This experience reassured her that she was on the right career path and strengthened her belief in what she was doing ( http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/artists_stories/single/63633). All of her work is so full of passion and  full of the very essence of  everything she stands for. Each of her works are equally as strong as the next one and you can clearly see that her ethnicity is a big part of who she is. 

(http://thepracticeexchange.blogspot.co.uk/2010_08_01_archive.html)

'We Are English' is my favourite of hers the colours used in the stripes are really earthy natural tones, ones you would relate to Africa, on the other hand the type saying 'We are English' is written in English which means exactly what it says. I think she has linked both sides parts of her ethnic background so perfectly and the message is clear and simple, in my opinion a very strong piece of art.

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References:
-http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/b/boyce_sonia
-http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/artists_stories/single/63633
-http://thepracticeexchange.blogspot.co.uk/2010_08_01_archive.html

Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton is known as a painter, typographer, collagist, printmaker, graphic designer, digital image manipulator, screen printer, photographer, software programmer or computer builder."Hamilton was committed to exploring and blurring the boundaries of “high” and “low” culture even as they were refashioned by television, cinema and rock music." (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8760860/Richard-Hamilton.html). 


"Although one of the most influential British artists of the late 20th century, Hamilton was a modest man who claimed he merely reworked the ideas and rhythms of Duchamp, Joyce, Picasso, Van Eyck and Velasquez." (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8760860/Richard-Hamilton.html). 


One of his most recognizable pieces of work was his collage 'Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?'.

' Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? '.

(http://www.factmag.com/2011/09/13/r-i-p-richard-hamilton/)

In 'Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?' Hamilton brings together images of things that were current and were becoming part of every day life, such as television, Warner Brothers billboard, Roy Litchensteins comic poster (pop art had just begun), incorporating the word 'Pop' into his work as well as it being catogorized as 'Pop' (much to his dismay), the 'Ford logo' and the motel bed (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8760860/Richard-Hamilton.html). I think the use of collage works as he is bringing different parts of what was then classed as 'modern' life together and putting them together to create one image.

Another piece by Hamilton that I really like is a painting called 'Pin Up'.

'Pin Up'

(http://www.sanjeev.net/modernart/pin-up-by-richard-hamilton-1458.html)

The reason it caught my eye was because the image is clearly of  a woman but when you look he hasn't actually painted a women but separate shapes that together create the shape of the woman, he has also used the space around the woman's body to help define the overall image of the woman. 

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References:

-http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8760860/Richard-Hamilton.html

-http://www.factmag.com/2011/09/13/r-i-p-richard-hamilton/

-http://www.sanjeev.net/modernart/pin-up-by-richard-hamilton-1458.html

Barney Bubbles

Barney Bubbles is an designer and producer that I have been aware of for some time, this is because he has created some great visual work for some of my favourite musicians. He made posters, leaflets and album covers for Ian Dury and the Blockheads and the music video for 'Ghost Town' the well known song by The Specials. 

Gig leaflet

(http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/archives/5511)

(http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/archives/4982)

Above is the poster with the Blockheads logo designed by Bubbles. The Blockheads contacted Bubbles asking for a logo that would look good printed on t-shirts... five minutes later they had their iconic logo (http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/archives/4982). 

During the time Dury and Bubbles worked together they created a special bond. “There weren’t many people Ian Dury trusted 100%. He’d been about a bit, but he trusted Barney completely... Whatever he delivered, Ian loved. There was mutual respect and appreciation. Ian spent seven years at art school and then did some teaching, so I think he knew as well as anyone, perhaps more so, how talented Bubbles was... They saw themselves as equals and were very aware of the craft and hard work each put into their art ” (http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/archives/4982).  This mutual respect and comfort with each other produced some of the best graphics in the music industry.

Barney Bubbles was also linked with Factory Records in Manchester.

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References:
-http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/archives/5511

Peter Saville

Peter Saville is the man behind one of the most famous album cover designs and logos in the music world. He designed the iconic album sleeve for 'Unknown Pleasures' by 'Joy Division' in 1979, since then it has been used on t shirts, souls of trainers, skateboard decks, posters and even tattoos. Even 30 years on it is easily recognized and appreciated by the youth of today. 

(http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2011/may/29/joydivision-neworder)

Many people think that the image is a diagram of a heart beat, however it is actually an the wave image from the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2011/may/29/joydivision-neworder). 

Saville on the making of the album sleeve:  "This was the first and only time that the band gave me something that they’d like for a cover. I went to see Rob Gretton, who managed them, and he gave me a folder of material, which contained the wave image from the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy. They gave me the title too but I didn’t hear the album. The wave pattern was so appropriate. It was from CP 1919, the first pulsar, so it’s likely that the graph emanated from Jodrell Bank, which is local to Manchester and Joy Division. And it’s both technical and sensual. It’s tight, like Stephen Morris’ drumming, but it’s also fluid: lots of people think it’s a heart beat. Having the title on the front just didn’t seem necessary. I asked Rob about it and, between us, we felt it wasn’t a cool thing to do. It was the post-punk moment and we were against overblown stardom. The band didn’t want to be pop stars. " 

(http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2011/may/29/joydivision-neworder) 

I love how the inspiration for the album cover came out of something as dull as an encyclopedia but fits the deep vibes of the album so well. It is such a simple design but works with the music to create something deeper, combining both senses (hearing and seeing) together. 






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References:
-http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2011/may/29/joydivision-neworder

Allen Jones

Allen Jones flicks between sculpture and painting but it was his sculpture work that caught my eye (http://www.sculpture.org.uk/AllenJones/biography/). He first started out in the 1960's when the British Pop Art scene had just begun to take off (http://www.sculpture.org.uk/AllenJones/biography/). "His aesthetic centred on beautiful women visualised erotically and stereotypically as in glossy magazines, advertisements and cartoon strips" (http://www.sculpture.org.uk/AllenJones/biography/). Jones objectified women turning them into furniture, it is a topic that could easily be seen as sexist, however he has done it in a way that makes women look attractive and it is as though he is respecting the woman form. Admittedly his designs are controversial but they are also done tastefully.

(http://www.chiccacoolfactory.com/2011/03/allen-jones-design-and-illustrations.html)

This is the first piece of work by Allen Jones that caught my eye.

(http://www.chiccacoolfactory.com/2011/03/allen-jones-design-and-illustrations.html)

Rest of the collection.

When I first saw Allen Jones' work it reminded me of the scene in Stanely Kubricks 'A Clockwork Orange' where the main characters are in 'Karova Milkbar'. All of the tables in the milkbar are women in simular poses to the ones used by Jones. After looking into it I found out that it is a common misconception that the women tables in the Milkbar were made by Allen Jones, however they were not they were just inspired by him. 

Famous opening to the British cult classic 'A Clockwork Orange'.

(http://www.phinnweb.org/links/cinema/directors/kubrick/clockworkorange/korova/)

Jones' furniture/ sculpture attracts attention from everyone who sees it, whether it interests the sexual instinct in them or completely disgusts them it will prevoke some sort of reaction and in my opinion if you create a reaction you have been sucessful in your work, it is when someone is passive about it you should be worried! 

Allen Jones' work is so different and striking that it would be unnatural to not do a double take. I think It is safe to say that this is the sexiest furniture out there. 

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References:

-http://www.sculpture.org.uk/AllenJones/biography/

-http://www.chiccacoolfactory.com/2011/03/allen-jones-design-and-illustrations.html

-http://www.phinnweb.org/links/cinema/directors/kubrick/clockworkorange/korova/

David David

I was walking around the British Design exhibition at the V&A and stumbled across a chair by David David and Glass Hill.

(http://www.daviddavid.co.uk)

 I was immediately attracted to the bright colours and the geometric shapes, the second thing I noticed was that the design had been hand drawn and coloured in with pencil crayons; this gives the harsh geometric shapes an essence of naivety and gives it all a softer edge. I think that the contrast of the content and the media used actually work complimenting each other and working together quite well. 


David David also goes by the name of David Saunders (http://www.daviddavid.co.uk). 'He started out as an artist and assistant for Tracy Emin (http://www.daviddavid.co.uk), this is when he started to work with hand-printed block prints' which he describes as a "celebration of boldness, colour, creation, exploration and expression" (http://www.daviddavid.co.uk). His bright vibrant patterns are now also printed on things such as clothing, umbrellas, cards, bean bags. However when it comes to the designs on the clothing he is classed as more as an art director rather than the artist (http://www.daviddavid.co.uk). 

(All images from http://www.daviddavid.co.uk)

The good thing about David Davids designs is that they are aesthetically pleasing whether they be digitally printed or hand rendered. I think working in purely patterns is such a good idea because once you get a really good pattern it can be applied to so many things and look good, for example curtains, cushions, bed linen, wrapping paper and clothing. If it were possible I most likely have my entire house furnished and wardrobe filled with David Davids work.

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References:

-http://www.daviddavid.co.uk

Martino Gamper- 100 chairs in 100 days

This is one of my recent discoveries and one of the most interesting collections of work I have seen in a while. Martino Gamper set himself the self explanatory project named '100 chairs in 100 days', this entailed collecting disregarded chairs from the streets of London and from the homes of friends and families. The collecting of the chairs took around 2 years before is 100 days of craft and making could begin (http://www.gampermartino.com/projects/a-100-chairs-in-a-100-days/). The objective of the project was to  reinvent/ 'transform its character' the already existing chairs that he found (http://www.gampermartino.com/projects/a-100-chairs-in-a-100-days/). 


He used the project as a '3-D sketchbook' to experiment and be playful, finding what would work as the best overall design and what would be more suited to mass production (http://www.gampermartino.com/projects/a-100-chairs-in-a-100-days/). He uses the chairs to 'celebrate' the 'geographical, historical and human resonance of design: what can they tell us about London? What areas they came from and who used them' (http://www.gampermartino.com/projects/a-100-chairs-in-a-100-days/). This idea is similar to Dalton Ghetti with his alphabet carved into pencils that he found on the streets; I think that when the artist looks so deeply into where the resources they use come from, it is shown in their work. You can tell that they are respecting the materials and using the history instead of disregarding it, creating work with a greater substance letting history shining through. 


I really like the idea of using something that has already existed and transforming its character because I think that when something already exists you have to be more inventive and creative to transform it into something else than if you were to make something completely from scratch. I also think it gives work an extra quality because people can relate to what it used to be then have their eyes opened to what it could be. 

Image of '100 chairs in 100 days'

(http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/come-together/)

One of the collection

http://www.detnk.com/node/1501

One of the collection 

(http://inhabitat.com/martino-gamper-100-chairs-in-100-days/)

One of the collection

(http://vi.sualize.us/view/8431549362740352061938be3daa5174/)

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References:
-http://www.gampermartino.com/projects/a-100-chairs-in-a-100-days/
-http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/come-together/
-http://inhabitat.com/martino-gamper-100-chairs-in-100-days/
-http://vi.sualize.us/view/8431549362740352061938be3daa5174/

Eugene Atget

Eugene Atget was a French photographer born in 1857 (http://www.nga.gov/feature/atget/bio.shtm). In 1898 he began photographing and documenting 'Old Paris' as he noticed it was rapidly changing and modernizing around him. He looked at old shops, houses, streets and churches; he also focused on 'architectural ornamentation, including doors, stairways, door knockers, and mantelpieces' (http://www.nga.gov/feature/atget/bio.shtm).


As it is hard to find out much about Atget and his work I thought it best to include his own views of his work (extract taken from an article on http://www.nga.gov/feature/atget/bio.shtm) "In a letter to the minister of fine arts, he wrote, "For more than 20 years I have been working alone and of my own initiative in all the old streets of Old Paris to make a collection of 18 x 24 [centimetre] photographic negatives: artistic documents of beautiful urban architecture from the 16th to the 19th centuries. . . . Today this enormous artistic and documentary collection is finished; I can say I possess all of Old Paris."  


From what I have discovered he is a very modest man who did not over indulge himself in luxury he wore middle class clothes and ate simple meals- he had no connection to material possessions. The only thing he indulged in was his passion, his photography. Because of this you can see the pure honesty and modesty shining through his work. 

(http://fantomatik75.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/paris-fantome-eugene-atget.html)

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References:
-http://www.nga.gov/feature/atget/bio.shtm
-http://fantomatik75.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/paris-fantome-eugene-atget.html

Martha Rosler

Martha Rosler specialises in photography, photomontage, video, installations, (http://www.egs.edu/faculty/martha-rosler/biography/) she also writes reviews on art and culture (http://web.mac.com/sasdraxler/iWeb/ANGEL/MARTHA%20ROSLER.html).


The best way to describe what she does is to take one of her quotes "I want to make art about the commonplace, art that illumines social life. I want to enlist art to question the mythical explanations of everyday life that take shape as an optimistic rationalism and to explore the relationships between individual consciousness, family life, and the culture of monopoly capitalism."
(http://www.egs.edu/faculty/martha-rosler/biography/)


One of her most famous series' is  “Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful,” this series was created in the form of  photo collage out of images from life style magazines and images she collected from the Vietnam War. The reason behind this series was that she wanted to show the effects the was in Vietnam had on the suburban homes of America (http://jessicaannkern.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/artist-post-1-martha-rosler.html).

Cleaning the drapes

(http://www.langhansgalerie.cz/en/vystavy-detail.php?vid=120)

This image I think is particularly clever as it is so honest and easy to understand. The drapes could represent the propaganda created surrounding the Vietnam war, they also tie the two subjects (the Vietnam war and the suburban life) together. I like how this piece is asthetically interesting and has real meaning behind it. I also think that the use of photo montage works well as the images are cut and paste together just like the topics of the image. The black and white scale works well as it makes you focus purely on what is going on rather than the colours, it also fits in with the time period of the content as the news on Vietnam would have been received by suburban America via black and white television and newspapers.

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References:

-http://www.egs.edu/faculty/martha-rosler/biography/

-http://web.mac.com/sasdraxler/iWeb/ANGEL/MARTHA%20ROSLER.html

-http://jessicaannkern.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/artist-post-1-martha-rosler.html

-http://www.langhansgalerie.cz/en/vystavy-detail.php?vid=120

Identity and the media

The definition of 'Identity' is "1. The collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/identity).

The term identity can refer to culture, gender, sexuality, religion, race and class.

Identity consists of:

• Sender- the thing/person the identity has been created for.
• Intention- what is expected by the identity
• Message- what the identity is to represent
• Transmittion- how the identity will be shown
• Noise- the actual 'showing' of the idenity
• Receiver- who is to receive/ who sees the idenity
• Destination- where the identity gets you
  (information adapted from lecture notes)

                              

 Identity is continuously changing, it is a fluid movement for example the image of women in the 1950's is a lot different to what it is today. 

1950's house wife

(http://crabbyoldfart.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/fogeyopedia/1950s-housewife/)

Business woman of today

(http://www.zunespring.com/business/business-tips-for-women/)

Jordan 'todays image of sexy'

(http://katieprice-photos.com/category/uncategorized/page/2/)

Now women have been released from the home they have been able to create any identity they want for themselves. They have been able to create a strong independent image such as the business woman or exploit themselves and use their bodies as their image such as Jordan. Women have also been able to taint the stereotypical woman image by binge drinking on the streets, being loutish and becoming 'ladettes', so the transformation of identity is not always for the better. It is a big step from what the identity of women was, to the identity of women today. Without the fluid movement of identity there would have been one big culture shock. 

“…popular ideas about the self in society have changed, so that identity is today seen as more fluid and transformable than ever before” (Gauntlet, 2011)

Men no longer have to be the hunter gatherer type, covered in muscles and full of testosterone. It is now acceptable for them to be in touch with their feminine side and to be interested in fashion and cosmetics. The media backs up this change identity and feeds it by producing cosmetics purely for men. 

Clarins for men.

(http://www.handbag.com/beauty/skin-care/top-10-mens-ranges-100689)

“…the social construction of identity today is the knowing social construction of identity. 

Your life is your project ‐ there is no escape” (Gauntlet, 2011) 

Someone who is fully aware of the social construction of identity is Madonna, she has adapted herself to suit the fluid movement of identity to keep her self recognizable and iconic (inspiration taken from lecture notes)

Madonna 

(http://enterthecircle.wordpress.com/2008/11/)

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References:
-http://www.thefreedictionary.com/identity
-http://crabbyoldfart.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/fogeyopedia/1950s-housewife/
-http://www.zunespring.com/business/business-tips-for-women/
-http://katieprice-photos.com/category/uncategorized/page/2/
-http://www.handbag.com/beauty/skin-care/top-10-mens-ranges-100689
-http://enterthecircle.wordpress.com/2008/11/

Semiotics

The definition of semiotics is 'the study of signs' (http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem01.html). To be more specific semiotics is the study of visual signs (eg: road signs, toilet signs) but can also cover drawings, paintings and photographs; and taking it further to words, sounds and body language ( http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem01.html ).

“Signs are formed through the society that 

creates them, by the structures they 

employ and via the sources that they 

use.” (Hall, 2007, p.7)

There are three types of sign:

Symbol- a representation of a learnt relationship (eg. sterling pound)

Index- a sign caused by something else (eg. footprints)

Resembles- looks like something (eg. a statue of someone)

(information from class lectures)

(http://ozan-intertextuality.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/semiotics.html)

This is a photograph showing a typical example of visual symbol semiotics, the beauty of these symbols is the pure simplicity. It doesnt matter what language you speak you will be able to understand them. The symbols work singularly (eg. you can clearly see the sign for the toilets) and they can also work together (the toilet symbol is next to an arrow symbol showing you in which direction you should be heading). I personally think this is genius as such a simple image can be of great help to many people. 

(http://www.yoga.am/2011/12/06/get-rid-of-lower-back-pain-with-yoga-exercises/)

This is a different example of semiotics, this is body language. You can clearly see from the facial expressions and position of the body that the woman is suffering with backache. Like the toilet symbols above this can be understood universally. 

(http://johnmchoul.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/a-rose-is-a-rose/)

A rose is the signifier, passion is signified and together they are the symbol that a person loves another (interpreted from lecture notes).

Barbara Kruger: We Don't Need Another Hero

(http://www.maryboonegallery.com/artist_info/pages/kruger/detail2.html)

“InternaTonally renowned artist Barbara Kruger [is] notorious for her photographic and text‐based works that challenge mainstream ideas and ideologies […] She is a key figure who has shaped the way art audiences think about ideology and information.” (Tate, 2012)

The message Kruger is sending here is transmitted is representational. She has used an image along which could represent a number of things and backed it up with type representing what she intended it to mean. 

Most people don't give semiotics the time of day but if it wasn't there the world just wouldn't work. Semiotics may be one of the most clever things out there.



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References:
-http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem01.html
-http://ozan-intertextuality.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/semiotics.html
-http://www.yoga.am/2011/12/06/get-rid-of-lower-back-pain-with-yoga-exercises/
-http://johnmchoul.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/a-rose-is-a-rose/
-http://www.maryboonegallery.com/artist_info/pages/kruger/detail2.html

Post-Modernism

Post Modernism was the movement that followed Modernism, it came to surface in the 1960's and brought with it new ideas attacking those of the modernist movement (http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/feb/28/postmodernism-retrospective-london-v-and-a)
Post Modernism put back in the character and decoration that was stripped from most of the arts world by the 'form follows function' idea and simplistic style of Modernism. It kept many of the elements used in modernism but mixed them back in with tradition to create something new all together (http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0242.html). I feel the Best way to describe Post Modernity is by using a piece by Alexander McQueen as an example. 

(http://unpolished-sapphire.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/introduction-into-postmodern-fashion-at.html) 

In this piece taken from the 'Highland Rape' collection in 1995, McQueen has taken the traditional tartan, part of Scottish heritage and used it in a modern and contemporary way. So it has taken the past and made it modern instead of dismissing the past and tradition altogether as the modernism movement had done. "The result of this was an ironic brick-a-brack or collage approach to construction that combines several traditional styles into one structure. As collage, meaning is found in combinations of already created patterns." (http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0242.html).

Not only did post modernism effect fashion but also architecture, philosophy, art, critical theory, literature, history, culture and media. (http://www.coursework.info/University/Social_studies/Anthropology/What_is_Postmodernism__Fashion_in_Postmo_L135151.html).

Jackson Pollock is known for being a post modern artist. 

Number 8, 1949. (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pollock/).

"Instead of using the traditional easel he affixed his canvas to the floor or the wall and poured and dripped his paint from a can; instead of using brushes he manipulated it with `sticks, trowels or knives'"(http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pollock/). He has painted/ used paint as artists have for centuries however instead of using a paintbrush he has his own methods of `drip and splash' (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pollock/), which I interpret as being post modern. 




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References:
-http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/feb/28/postmodernism-retrospective-london-v-and-a
-http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0242.html
-http://unpolished-sapphire.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/introduction-into-postmodern-fashion-at.html
-http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0242.html
-http://www.coursework.info/University/Social_studies/Anthropology/What_is_Postmodernism__Fashion_in_Postmo_L135151.html
-http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pollock/

Modernism

The Modernist movement began in the 1860's and carried on until around the 1970's ( http://arthistoryresources.net/modernism/roots.html). It was based upon the revolutionary idea of focusing on what is now rather than what has been. However now 'Modernism' is not so modern and is a past movement. It was a movement that influenced art, graphic design, architecture, literature, photography, sculpture, furniture and more.

Composition VIII by Wassily Kandinsky is an example of modernist art. It was painted in 1923. He joined the Bauhaus in 1922 and was there until 1933 (http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view/kandinsky-at-the-bauhaus-1922-1933). The Bauhaus itself founded in 1919, Walter Gropius at Weimar, Germany (http://www.writedesignonline.com/history-culture/bauhaus.htm). "The first aim of the school was to "rescue all of the arts from the isolation in which each then found itself."" (http://www.writedesignonline.com/history-culture/bauhaus.htm)

Image of the Bauhaus. (http://www.writedesignonline.com/history-culture/bauhaus.htm)

The work produced at the Bauhaus followed the idea of 'form follows function' stripping away any give away of human craftsmanship, "removing the past was a secondary consequence" helping it become one of the most recognizable factors of Modernism.

One of the most famous productions that came out of the Bauhaus was...

Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer

(http://danedecor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/chair-inspired-by-bicycle.html)

Named after Breuers friend Wassily Kandinsky (http://danedecor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/chair-inspired-by-bicycle.html). It is believed that the 'radical' use of steel in the production of the chair was influenced by Breuers own bicycle. Not only was the use of  steel 'radical' it was easy to manipulate and source making it easy for mass production. (http://www.furniturestyles.net/european/german/bauhaus.html) 

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References:

-http://arthistoryresources.net/modernism/roots.html

-http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view/kandinsky-at-the-bauhaus-1922-1933

-http://www.writedesignonline.com/history-culture/bauhaus.htm

-http://danedecor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/chair-inspired-by-bicycle.html

-http://www.furniturestyles.net/european/german/bauhaus.html