Thursday 15 June 2017

Modernism


Modernism is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, emerged from transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Modernism is the creativities of those who believed that the traditional art techniques, etc. did not correspond correctly with the modern life they were living.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism




Postmodernism


Postmodernism is the development that occurred with in the mid- to late 20th century. It is a time period where anything available was used in order to for an expressive composition, these resources were mainly from the past.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism


In art, postmodernism was specifically a reaction against modernism which had dominated art theory and practice since the beginning of the twentieth century. The term postmodernism is also widely used to describe challenges and changes to established structures and belief systems that took place in Western society and culture from the 1960s onwards.


http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/postmodernism


Sandro Chia, ‘Water Bearer’ 1981Water Bearer
1981

Artist
Sandro Chia born 1946
Medium
Oil paint and pastel on canvas
Dimensions
Support: 2065 x 1700 mm


Most of Sandro Chia's paintings during this era were rative human shapes carrying out startling actions. The artist said that is specific piece I have displayed about was "his first chance of illustration of classical sculpture. Through his work he worked with animals and humans through association. Although, her general subject is mainly men or boys travelling to an unknown destination that we never seem to discover.


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