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modernism in art takes on a very broad area, but in general modernism is considered to deal with the implications of industrialization on mankind's soul. As we think of the advances with the 19th century, railroads and the telegraph, it of sound and the transmittal of sound from the telephone, this era spills over into the 20th century with the advances in flight and even flight far from our home planet along with other orbs in space. How could this be when compared to the struggle for mere existence that folks endured from time immemorial up until 1969, when man walked upon our moon? Art, ever reflective of actual life, mimics the stresses and strains, joys and still moments of the artist's own life, in whatever era he lives in, therefore it comes as no surprise that modernism nowadays displays the world of the mostly-urban, mostly-civilized man. Rural scenes remain, of course, but they are portrayed in vastly different styles than in previous ages.
Whenever we think of modern art, who springs to mind but Picasso, he from the jarring perspective and bright colors, shaking the art world while he did in the early Twentieth century and throughout his longevity? Not even impressionism charged the art world so making it ready to expand its consciousness to take into account new approaches. When we think of modernism's focus upon introspection, then what artists see inside themselves must be unique, because every individual is unique. It is the artist's responsibility to himself also to society to bring this out in such a way as to communicate his or her own uniqueness. How he does this varies from abstract expressionism to cubism to Dadaism to performance art, installation art and also self-art, for instance body piercing and tattooing.
modernism art - The rejection of traditional art practices alone will not make up modernism; the political spectrum has to be considered as well. As an example, Dadaism evolved in neutral Switzerland in regards to the period of the First World War, having its nationalism and colonial entanglements breeding war and confusing the people about the exact factors behind why they were at war. Dadaism called itself anti-war, anti-intellectualism and anti-bourgeois; in reality, it was pro-chaos, and in perhaps an ironic way, because the birth of the movement began during wartime and failed to last long after hostilities ceased. The proponents of the movement moved on to other pursuits in everyday life after they had had their say. Dadaism might be said to have executed its purpose then quit, a purely intellectual genre of modernism that has to have proved gratifying to the people who aspire to modernism's focus on speed.
By emphasizing the 'new', modernism by necessity rejects the existing and even seems to despise it, because the concepts of modernism preclude formality and the old ways of painting, with brush and canvas and studio sittings. By using impressionism's open air techniques, things are out in the open for all to determine the process as the piece has been made. Nothing hidden, nothing subtle, everything open, appears to be the modus operandi. Yet modernism possibly forgets that today's modern man is going to be obsolete in a few years or so and will look back on today and laugh at his perceptions and conceits; it really is one of the drawbacks of contemporary thought that seeks to be always new and exciting.
modernism in art - Peter Dranitsin is a self taught and self representing artist. He spent my youth in the family where his mother a professional artist and his father a specialist photographer.
"As a kid growing up Peter took art classes and learned the fundamental concepts of drawing, painting and sculpture. Peter wants to paint and contribute all his time creating new paintings. Many people ask him what motivates him to paint - "My abstract art is spontaneous, and creating something beautiful from something unknown is my motivation in creating new abstract paintings."
