About the time
The last 50 years have seen the biggest technological revolution since the printing press was invented in the 1400s. Television, transportation, internet, and cell phones have created a new reality for the average person. The modern world provides most people with information about anything that is easily accessible.
The Art
The art that has been created since 1970 has been a mix of many different styles. Some art is political, so it focuses on modern issues like women's rights, industrialism, and globalization. Some art looks a lot like Fauvism and Abstract Expressionism. Realism comes across in the photography of landscapes and people. Television and the internet have also revolutionized visual art.
Materials
Artist use oil and other paints on canvas, photography, found objects, and printmaking.
Gerhard Richter
photopaintings. projected a photo onto a canvas and traced it.
Photographer and film maker focusing on women in society. She's an american photographer and a film director; best known for her conceptual portraits. Photographing herself in a range of costumes. For example in her landmark 69 photograph series,the complete untitled film stills (1977 - 1980)Sherman appeared as B- movie,foreign film and film noir style actresses.
architect famous for Bilbao museum in Spain pictured below and other buildings with odd angles. Most of his work falls within the style of Deconsrtuctivism. Canadian American,Architect based in Los Angeles,California,tourist attractions.
Born in 1950 in Bughdad,Iraq.Degree in mathematics.
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