There are lots of new ideas to consider here, but first our workbook. Ooooh the excitement of it all AND a silky cover. Double joy.
Ok enough you thrill seekers, back to work.
New Zealand abstraction is usually considered in relation to international artists and movements. There will be references to Abstraction and Expressionism and AbEx - get it?
Here you need to also know the difference between Lyrical Abstraction with lots of simplification and expression- Jackson Pollock, for example - (did anyone, other than Silvia, try Pollock painting ?) also essential viewing is the colour field artist, Mark Rothko.
If you get a handle on this topic, friends will be amazed at your genius and it should give you some impressive exam answers too.
What do we need to know?
Abstract art is not about the figurative, ( people, objects, places), more about ideas.
Often abstract painting is only about the physical act of making art, the viewer is therefore able to make their own interpretation about the work.
Remember Perceptual versus Conceptual reality? It is also essential here that you know the difference. Make sure you do.
Meantime, back at the action.......the factors for a changing NZ art scene:
During all that isolation and loneliness that the NZ landscape artists had been concentrating on, the rest of the world was speeding up with their new ideas for art.
Cubism came 30 years later to NZ, thanks to McCahon's Kauri images, but it wasn't well received. Eventually NZ got TV, colour art magazines from the USA and direct flights overseas. Progress. You'll be relieved to know that Aotearoa did catch up, eventually.
Here are the headline artists for the topic......
Colin McCahon and Week 4 Iconography homework - Elias Series
Gretchen Albrecht plus her work we saw on our trip to Auckland City Gallery
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