Jonathan Horowitz.Maybe before modernism, art was already Pop. Art looked more like the world, and the opposition between art and communication wasn't so pronounced. After Expressionism expressionism, term used to describe works of art and literature in which the representation of reality is distorted to communicate an inner vision. The expressionist transforms nature rather than imitates it. In ArtIn painting and the graphic arts, certain movements such as the Brücke (1905), Blaue Reiter (1911), and new objectivity (1920s) are described as expressionist.">Abstract Expressionism abstract expressionism, movement of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the mid-1940s and attained singular prominence in American art in the following decade; also called action painting and the New York school. It was the first important school in American painting to declare its independence from European styles and to influence the development of art abroad. Arshile Gorky first gave impetus to the movement. eradicated representational imagery. Pop returned art to a grounding in the real--though by then, the real was less realistic. Pop spoke in familiar pictorial languages--even if just to say, "Look, a cheeseburger!" To me, this was the most radical thing about Pop art pop art, a movement that first emerged in Great Britain at the end of the 1950s as a reaction against the seriousness of abstract expressionism. British and American pop artists employed a common imagery found in comic strips, soup cans, and Coke bottles to express formal abstract relationships. By this means they provided a meeting ground where artist and layman could come to terms with art.: It attempted to communicate clearly. In recent years, my work has become more political--and more pop. Politics and pop in art are often seen as opposed, one sincere, the other ironic. But in the real world they go hand in hand. Politicians are like movie stars, when they're not actually movie stars. And like Pop artists, politicians must be skilled communicators, often lauded for words rather than deeds. Perhaps Dubya, who can barely speak at all, is an Abstract Expressionist, his actions producing incomprehensible horrors in red.--AS TOLD TO DOMENICK AMMIRATI [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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