Transcript Late 20 th Century

Music and Visual Art
in the
Late 20th Century
Presented by: Fish, Dan, Sara & Senho
Late 20th Century – Notable Artists
Eight Elvises
Andy Warhol
The Physical Impossibility
of Death on the Mind of
Someone Living
Damien Hirst
Me Wearing Mask of
Lily Cole
Gillian Wearing
Visual Art
Late 20th Century – Notable Artists
The Beatles
Bob Marley
Music
Ray Charles
John Cage
Late 20th Century
Rise of Avant Garde
Concepts:
• Usually critique on political, social, and cultural issues, so that it
challenges social and artistic values by provoking or goading
audiences – defying conventions
E.g: introducing new ideas of gender, race, sexuality & artistic representation
Evident in:
• Album sleeve designs, and in new art movements: Contemporary art,
Conceptual art, Performance art…
Tusk
by Fleetwood Mac
The Holy Bible
by Manic Street Preachers
Anthem Of The Sun
by The Grateful Dead
John Cage (1912-1992)
₋ American Composer, Theoretician, and
Writer
₋ Key figure in development of
contemporary art and postmodern
artistic concepts, which began in the
late 1960s
₋ challenged the established definition of
fine art
“The function of art is not to communicate one's
personal ideas or feelings, but rather to imitate
nature in her manner of operations.”
By breaking with the historically determined
preconception that music was made by musicians
using traditional instruments to perform structured
and prearranged compositions, Cage opened up a
new wealth of possibilities within modern art.
4'33" (1952) – Performance Art
The performer's silence allowed the sounds of the surroundings and
audience members to become the music itself.
Other Practitioners
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
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French-Russian Draftsman,
Painter, and Printmaker
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one of the famous painters
in the 20th century.
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Artistic styles : Cubism,
Expressionism, Fauvism,
Symbolism
Created two murals for the Metropolitan Opera House:
The Triumph of Music, 1967
Met Opera House
The Sources of Music, 1967,
Met Opera House
Souvenirs!