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SUMMARY:Art History Mini-Series - On Contemporary Art: Major Trends in Art Since 1945
DESCRIPTION:On Contemporary Art: Major Trends in Art Since 1945\n\nJoin Barbara Zabel\, Professor Emerita at Connecticut College\, for a special four-part art history mini-series exploring the development of contemporary art. This four-part series offers an overview of key movements and transformations in contemporary art since 1945. Designed as an introduction to this complex and expansive subject\, the series will provide context for understanding contemporary art\, enhance your museum visits\, and inspire further exploration.\n\nYou can register for individual lectures or the entire series.\n\nDates: Wednesdays\, October 28\, November 4\, November 11   Neo-expressionism and the Resurgence of Narrative\nIn opposition to Pop\, some artists favored simplicity\, structure and intellectual engagement. Minimalist artists like Donald Judd presented basic geometric objects\, while Conceptual artists like Sol LeWitt shifted focus from objects to the idea behind the artwork. Post-minimal and Earth artists like Anna Mendieta and Robert Smithson challenged the gallery system by turning to natural material and to projects on and/or of the earth itself. And New Image and the Neo-expressionist artists returned to easel painting and to narrative content\, an approach that continues to the present.\n\nNovember 18: ‘Fire and Ice’: Art in the Time of Crisis\nIn recent decades\, the art world has become increasingly globalized\, with artists from diverse backgrounds addressing issues of identity\, politics\, and technology. We will consider how artists grapple with climate change\, migration\, and social justice. And we’ll speculate on the future of the art world\, which promises to be dynamic and unpredictable\, shaped by global events and technological innovation like AI.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On Contemporary Art: Major Trends in Art Since 1945\n\nJoin Barbara Zabel\, Professor Emerita at Connecticut College\, for a special four-part art history mini-series exploring the development of contemporary art. This four-part series offers an overview of key movements and transformations in contemporary art since 1945. Designed as an introduction to this complex and expansive subject\, the series will provide context for understanding contemporary art\, enhance your museum visits\, and inspire further exploration.\n\nYou can register for individual lectures or the entire series.\n\nDates: Wednesdays\, October 28\, November 4\, November 11 & November 18\n\nTime: Reception at 5:30 pm\, Lecture at 6 pm\n\nCost: Members $20 per lecture / Non-Members $25 per lecture\n\nRSVP to 860.443.2545 ext. 2129 or email us.\n\n\nClasses\nOctober 28: Looking Back\, Looking Forward: The Genesis of Abstract Expressionism\nThe first session explores the profound shift in the global art scene caused by World War II. Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York in the late 1940s\, when artists like Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner sought new forms of expression to cope with the trauma and uncertainty of the era. This movement positioned New York as the new epicenter of the art world\, a radical change from European dominance of previous centuries.\n\nNovember 4: The Rise of Consumer Culture: Assemblage\, Pop\, Graffiti and Performance Art\nThe second session focuses on the post-war years\, marked by great prosperity\, as mass production\, advertising and popular culture boomed. Assemblage and Pop Artists like Rauschenberg and Warhol embraced but also critiqued this culture by incorporating imagery from comic strips\, advertisements\, and everyday objects. We’ll see how their art paved the way for Graffiti and Performance Art\n\nNovember 11: Mixt Meanings: Minimal\, Conceptual\, Post-minimal and Earth Art\; Neo-expressionism and the Resurgence of Narrative\nIn opposition to Pop\, some artists favored simplicity\, structure and intellectual engagement. Minimalist artists like Donald Judd presented basic geometric objects\, while Conceptual artists like Sol LeWitt shifted focus from objects to the idea behind the artwork. Post-minimal and Earth artists like Anna Mendieta and Robert Smithson challenged the gallery system by turning to natural material and to projects on and/or of the earth itself. And New Image and the Neo-expressionist artists returned to easel painting and to narrative content\, an approach that continues to the present.\n\nNovember 18: ‘Fire and Ice’: Art in the Time of Crisis\nIn recent decades\, the art world has become increasingly globalized\, with artists from diverse backgrounds addressing issues of identity\, politics\, and technology. We will consider how artists grapple with climate change\, migration\, and social justice. And we’ll speculate on the future of the art world\, which promises to be dynamic and unpredictable\, shaped by global events and technological innovation like AI.
LOCATION:625 Williams Street NEW LONDON CT 06320-4130
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