Famous Artists
Often referred to as the "father of media art."
Who was Nam June Paik?
This Abstract Expressionist painter added newspapers to the paint.
Who was Willem deKooning?
Copenhagen Brussels Amsterdam
What was Cobra?
"I want my paintings to be reflections of life"
Who was Robert Rauschenberg?
1939-1945
What was World War II?
Attempted to explain art to a hare.
Who was Joseph Beuys?
This artist's work consisted of multiple objects, referred to as "combines"
Who was Robert Rauschenberg?
Organized in Zurich in response to World War I.
What was Dadaism?
"I have nothing to say..."
Who was John Cage?
A decade of McCarthyism, Neo Dadaism and Abstract Expressionism.
What were the 1950s?
Targets, Flags, Maps
Who was Jasper Johns?
A painting made from a family photo
What was Arshile Gorky's The Artist and His Mother?
This group was interested in cartoons and graffiti
What was Cobra?
"Trembling"
Who was Willem DeKooning?
The first Fluxus Festival.
When was 1962?
Expelled from the Surrealists for returning to the figure.
Who was Giacometti?
This artist worked with thick encaustic paint.
Who was Jasper Johns?
Art school with an experimental curriculum and without grades
What was Black Mountain College?
"Aesthetics is to artists what ornithology is to birds."
Who was Barnett Newman?
When Jackson Pollock began to make drip paintings and Barnett Newman started painting zips.
When was 1948?
This artist modified other peoples paintings.
Made to be placed in the NY financial district.
What was Giacometti's The City Square, 1948?
International movement focused on the transitory nature of things.
What was Fluxus?
"between nothingness and being"
Who was Jean-Paul Sartre?
Giacometti had his first solo show in New York, and Sartre wrote the catalog essay.
When was 1948?