Video Art part 2 Avantgarde Films Andy Warhol

Video Art part 2

Avant-garde Films

Andy Warhol - An American artist and filmmaker born in 1928 - A leading figure in Pop Art - Began making paintings of iconic American products and celebrities and founded “The Factory”, his studio, during the 1960’s

Andy Warhol “Andy Warhol was naturally drawn to the movie camera… he was not immune to fame, to say the least, knowing well that ‘movies’ were the most alluring path to it. ”- Michael Rush. He made over 60 films between 1963 and 68 that became classics of the underground genre. Warhol & Edie Sedgwick

Warhol’s Films from the 60 s Screen Tests of Edie Sedgwick, Andy Warhol, 1964 -66, video More tests Empire State Building Time-lapse, Andy Warhol

Video & Performance Art

Video & Performance Art Performance art was born in New York in the 60 s as the result of cross fertilization between theater, dance, film, video and visual art. Some examples of performance art involved: - Live performers interacting with filmed images projected onto surfaces - Artists performing in front of the camera in their studios - Artists using cameras and monitors as both theatrical props and sculptural elements in their performances (Ex: Joan Jonas)

Joan Jonas – Video, Performance Art Was born in New York in 1936 Jonas is a pioneer of video and performance art. She began her career as a sculptor. By 1968 she moved into what was then leading edge territory: mixing performances with props and mediated images.

Joan Jonas – Performance, Video Art Joan Jonas, This is My Right Eye, 1970 s

Bruce Nauman – Video Artist American artist born December 6, 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking and performance.

Bruce Nauman - Performance Art Walking in an Exaggerated Manner by Bruce Nauman

What is Installation Art? An artistic genre of site-specific, three-dimensional works designed to transform the perception of a space.

Video Installation Art Is a type of installation art in which video is an integral component.

Nam June Paik TV Buddha, Nam June Paik, 1974, video installation

Tony Oursler Was born in New York in 1957 Got his BFA degree at Cal. Arts in 1979 His art covers a range of mediums: • video • sculpture • installation • performance • painting His art explores the relationship between the individual and mass media with humor and imagination.

Tony Oursler Coo, Tony Oursler, 2003, video installation

Tony Oursler Open Obscura, Tony Oursler, Installation in Milan, Italy - 2011

Vera Fainshtein Video Installations

Postmodern Art

Art Since the 80 s Key features of Postmodernism: • Appropriation (recycling and re-mixing old images, ideas) • Pluralism (art can take many directions at once and all of them are equally valid)

Art Since the 80 s Key features of Postmodernism: • Effects of globalization (Western ideas about art as well as system of art education have been adopted by other non-Western countries, etc. ) • There is no such a thing as “progress” in art: (art history is not a straightforward progression of 1 style to another: you have to study everything that happened, not just the winners…)

Postmodern Art Fountain, Sherrie Levine, 1991, bronze

Postmodern Art Keith Haring