1) The Impact of the Armory Show
How did the American public react to the 1913 Armory Show in New York? Was it a complete failure or did it change American Art forever? Justify your response with at least one example.
2) Social Documentary Photographer
Research the social realists who worked under the FSA program during the Great Depression. Write an essay in your own words that addresses the points below:
1. Describe a little about the FSA program.
2. Find a social documentary photograph from an FSA photographer that you believe expresses the hardships faced during this decade.
O Briefly tell the reader about the photographer you selected and the context within which he or she is working
O Identify the photograph (title, date, etc.), then and analyze the work you've selected. Describe the subject matter, emotion and the meaning you take away from viewing this work. Explain why you selected this work.
3) Compare and Contrast: Pollock vs. Rothko
4) Warhol's Twenty-Five Colored Marilyns
In this work, Warhol repeated a mechanically reproduced image of the movie star.
What do you believe is the logic behind Warhol's repetition of the image? How does his theme relate to the mass media outlets used to distribute the image of Marilyn Monroe? Justify your response.
5) Your Gallery Selections
6) National and Cultural Identity
In what way do contemporary artists consider issues of national and cultural identity? What are their strategies for calling traditional divisions into question through their art? Use at least two art examples to support your post.
7) Reflection
Looking back over the 20th century in America art, what art movement most interested you and why? Explain the connections you see between your selected style and art of the present day, or explain why they are too varied to be connected. Finally, consider that art of the past has been labeled by style, theme or message.
Based on our readings the past two weeks, what would name the art movement of the 1990s and 2000s. Explain your answer.