I reviewed 4 videos. It was all about Andy Warhol, the other 3 videos were just random selected. I learned a lot about Andy Warhol, he was really a trend setter, a good video. I did not like the videos of Isamu Naguchi, way too much talking. I did not like the Mark Rothko video, I just do not see how he could be considered such a great painter for his work. Pop art of the 50's and 60's video was good, I like the comic book paintings.
1) Andy Warhol started out in the 1960's working for advertising, but was experimenting with advertising images such as the soup can. He did a lot of silk-screen work with Marilyn Monroe in 1962, especially after her death. He did a lot of work with Elizabeth taylor in 1961-1963, especially after her breakup with Eddie Fisher. Andy would crop pictures to silkscreen. He did "10 Lizes" of Liz Taylor. He made a lot of money reproducing silk screens. He moved into a studio called The factory, a cool hangout for artists. Warhol filmed about 100 movies, and made some people famous. He said "everyone will have 15 minutes of fame". A true leader in pop art, he also did dozens of self-portaits.
2) Isamu Naguchi had a vision, that the earth was sculpture. He sees sculpture as different than painting. His vision led him to create gardens with stone, hills, water, such as the UNESCO garden in France, a beautiful job. Noguchi started under scholarship, then had to sculpt to make a living. He designed Miami's Bayfront Park in 1980, but had problems with the existing building, so he destroyed a library. he did a water sculpture in Osaka for expo 1970. He did the Billy Rose sculpture in Isreal, perfect for the area, with a large circular wall and 3 hills. His final work was in 1988 for the 400 acre Moere Numa Park in japan. Naguchi was famous for Land Art, or Installation Art.
3) Mark Rothko was an abstract painter. Being an abstract painter in the 1970's was not easy with Andy Warhol leading the pop art scene. Rothko was called the "Greatest Living American Artist", but i do not really see it. He was hired to do the art for Seagrams' headquarters, but he never had his work displayed there. He hoped his work would make the restaurant customers sick! He did the subways series, a strange doomed look at subway people. His paintings gave feeling of human tradegy. His murals were just colors of various tones. They are meant to evoke extreme sensations. Eventually, Rothko's drinking, smoking, divorcing, and too much competitio from PopArt, led to his suicide. His last works were in black and gray, very depressing.
4) Abstract expressionism and Pop Art of the 50's and 60's. American Franz Kline is an abstract artist, he likes to display mood and expression, and also likes colors and shapes. Helen Frankenthalen did "Mountains and Seas" and influenced other painters with the subtle effects of her work, which was very feminine and mystical. She painted with a cotton cloth. DeKoonigs abstract paintingwas "Morning: The Springs" which give a feeling of light, and falling water. DeKoonig also did "Woman One", which shows dominance by women, and he had hundreds of rejected versions, and became an action painting. I like the "Flag" by Johns, a strange way to show the flag. Andy Warhol is pop art's most famous artist, but the father of the movement is Robert Rauschenber. Pop art reflects modern city life. I like the Lichtenstein artwork that uses comic book forms.
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