Rational Abstract Art

       Introduction In the late 1800s, art movements arose in reaction to Impressionism.  Painters, later to be called pointillists, began using small marks of pure color to create special effects according to the color theory of the time.  The idea was for two colors adjacent to each other to mix in the eye of the viewer.  Two famous Pointillists were Georges Seurat and Paul Signac.              A related group of artists, the Divisionists, used small patches or strokes of color.  Among them were Andre Derain and Vincent Van Gogh.  To be inclusive, the term divisionism could cover both groups.           Whether you have some, or perhaps no, acquaintance with the divisionists, you will find the following high quality YouTube videos pleasant and enlightening to round out our introduction.  ...

                                                        More Types                                                                       Disclosure Art          The most notable practitioner of disclosure art is the French artist Sophie Calle.  We use the word "artist' freely because Calle is referred  to that way and writers, singers, and people in the arts are allowed that term.             For some simple keywords to open the door to her activities conside...

                                                                                       More Types                                                                                      Neo Dada Art   Dada was a nonsensical art movement that grew in the aftermath of World War One.  The idea, at that time, was that normal ostensibly rational society led to a tragic unnecessa...

                                              Contemporary, Recent Modern Art, Part 1                                                               Introduction         Appreciation of Contemporary art requires an openness to accept new ideas or at least to recognize the ideas but with no obligation to like all the art you see. We now begin an outline of those ideas Masterpiece Art Knowing the distortion, and r...