Three Alternatives to Abstract Expressionism:

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• Three Alternatives to Abstract Expressionism
• Return to the Figure
• Happenings
• Assemblage

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George Segal. The Diner. 1964-66. Plaster, wood,
chrome, formica, masonite, Fluorescent tubes,
glass, and paper. 2.6 x 2.7 x 2.2m.
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• Happening
• A form of artistic entertainment
• Often carefully planned but had some degree of
  spontaneity.
• Artists performs or directs and event combining
  elements of theatre and the visual arts.
• Rejection of traditional principles of
  craftmanship and permanence in the arts.
• Nouveau Realistes

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Yves Klein. Anthropométries of the Blue Period.
1960. Performance at the Galerie Internationale
dArt Contemporain, Paris.
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Yves Klein. Anthropometries

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• Assemblage Works of art made from fragments of
  natural or performed materials, such as household
  debris.
• 1961 The Art of Assemblage (MOMA).

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Robert Rauschenberg. Canyon. 1959. Combine
painting, oil, pencil, paper, metal, photograph,
fabric, wood on canvas, plus buttons, mirror,
stuffed eagle, pillow tied with cord, and paint
tube.
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Jasper Johns. Target with Four Faces. 1955.
Assemblage encaustic on newspaper and cloth
over canvas, surmounted by four tinted plaster
faces in wood box with hinged front. 85.3 x 66 x
7.6cm.
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Jasper Johns. Three Flags. 1958. Encaustic on
canvas. 78.4 x 115.6 x 12.7cm.
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Frank Lloyd Wright. The Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum. 1956-59.
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Frank Lloyd Wright. Robie House. 1908-1910.
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