Modern Art Lecture Notes: Malaysian Art History (PDF)

TOPIC 3 - MODERN ART (1900 – 1960)  MODERN ART Fauvism Henri Matisse & the 'Wild Beasts' (French) Cubism Pablo Picasso & the 'Distortion of Images' (Spain) De Stijl Piet Mondrian - The Art of Simplicity Abstract Expressionism Jackson Pollock - Action Painting...

TOPIC 3 - MODERN ART (1900 – 1960)  MODERN ART Fauvism Henri Matisse & the 'Wild Beasts' (French) Cubism Pablo Picasso & the 'Distortion of Images' (Spain) De Stijl Piet Mondrian - The Art of Simplicity Abstract Expressionism Jackson Pollock - Action Painting OP ART (The Art of Optical Illusion) Victor Vasarely & Bridget Riley Pop Art Andy Warhol - The Art of Popular Culture & Consumerism History of Malaysian Art since 1930s 2 FAUVISM FAUVISM (1904-1908) - Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Studied Law but turned to Art. - Stomach complication / Acne - 1892 – Ecole Des Beau Art - Tutored by Gustave Moreau - Fauvism means ‘Wild Beasts’ - Flattened Forms / Less Details - Bold colors / Decorative Patterns “From the moment I held the box of colours in my hands, I knew this would be my life.” – Henri Matisse La Desserte (Caroline) 1897 Harmony in Red, 1909 Portraits Charing Cross Bridge, 1906 Les toits de Collioure, 1905 The Dance 1912 In Matisse’s later years he emerged himself with scissors cutting & work On Paper Collage. He quoted that he painted with scissors instead of color pigments. Painting Cutting Pinning 13 Matisse’s studio wall at the Villa le Rêve, Vence, c. 1948 14 Paper Cuts / Collage The Sea, 1946 Paper Cuts / Collage Polynesia, The Sky, 1946 The Blue Nude Jazz Snails (1953) Influence on the 2012 Olympic logo design. CUBISM (1907-1919) PABLO PICASSO Born in Malaga, Spain (1881- 1973) Surname from mother (Maria Picasso) Barcelona School of Art (14yrs old) Blue (Carlos Casagemas) & Rose Period Co- Founder of Cubism Movement with Georges Braque New method of creating illusional drawings using different angles with multiple viewpoints. Distortion of Images (Portraits) Inspired by Iberian head Sculpture & African Masks. A Playboy fascinated with women. Portraits inspired by Women Cubism – with Georges Braque Girl With Mandolin 1910 Ma Jolie Inspired by the ancient Iberian head sculpture Brothels of Avignon – Inspired by the African Masks The Blue Period (1901 - 1904) The Rose Period (1904 - 1906) Collage Art - Still Life With Chair Caning Assemblage – Guitar (1913)  Weeping Women, 1937 (portrait of Dora Maar ) Olga Khokhlova – Picasso’s first wife Marie Therese Sylvette David Maya Maya with a doll DE STIJL (1917-1931) 34 DE STIJL (1917 – 1931) Piet Mondrian inspired by Cubism Abstract Art Depicts the Purest form of Art Reduction of elements of art to Primary colors , BnW & lines. Art should create Harmony & Order 1940 – Went to New York & inspired by American Jazz Music. The composed grids are like musical notes of Jazz. Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942) Victory Boogie-Woogie, 1944 by Piet Mondrian ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM (1940-1950) 40  Born in Wyoming, America. (1912-1956) 1930 moved to New York during the America Great Depression. Government would offer artists 100 Dollars a month to create art. Action Painting – Dripping, Pouring, Throwing paints Died in a car crash in 1956 due to drunk driving. Jackson Pollock OP ART (The Art of Optical Illusion)  Victor Vasarely Bridget Riley Victor Vasarely (French-Hungarian artist) is the Father of Op Art who started the movement in 1960s, when a major Op Art exhibition in New York, entitled "The Responsive Eye, caught the public attention. - Use shapes, colours, patterns & space (positive/negative) to create illusion effects that look as if they are moving or blurring. - Another notable Op Artist is Bridget Riley. 44 Op Art by Victor VAsarely 45 Op Art by Victor VAsarely 46 Movement in Squares, 1961 by Bridget Riley Blaze Study Bridget Riley,1962 48 Fall', Bridget Riley, 1963 POP ART (1960-1970)  POP ART Graphic artist with ink blotted illustrations for Vogue, Seventeen & Glamour Magazines. Portray the popular culture and everyday imagery found in magazine, Comics, television & celebrities. Suggests that inspiration can be found by the ordinary things in life. Pop Art made use of images and symbols from popular media and products such as Coca –cola, Cornflakes & Campbell Soup cans & etc. Silk Screen Printing - Repetition of images Video Art & Filming ( Himself Eating Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Hamburgers, 6 hours long of Empire Building) Most of his artworks produced using the Silk-Screen Printing technique. 32 Campbell Soup Cans Coca-Cola (1962) MODERN ART IN MALAYSIA DURING THE 1900s 61 MODERN ART IN MALAYSIA DURING THE 1900s - Penang Impressionists (1920 - 1937) – Formed by the British settlers with Chinese Immigrants/ traders during the British rule in Malaya. - Abdullah Arriff became the first local artist to join in 1920. - Yong Mun Sen, was named the ‘Father of Malaysian Painting’. He formed the Penang Chinese Art Club in 1935. (Also known as Yin Yang Art Society). - Both Art Group were dissolved before the second World War approached. - Wednesday Art Group (WAG) – Formed by Peter Harris in 1952 - Angkatan Pelukis Semenanjung (APS) - Formed by Mohd Hoessein Enas in 1958. - Penang Watercolor Society (PWCS) -1984 Limestone Hills by Abdullah Arriff Chinese Junk by Yong Mun Sen Bersilat by Mohd Hoessein Enas THANK YOU !