Modern Canvas Art – Steadfast in a Contemporary World
Saturday, April 30th, 2011The world of modern canvas art stepped up a pace after the end of World War II. Modern canvas art was condemned by the Nazis as degenerate and by the Communists as elitist � Primarily because the artist relied upon their own prerogatives with regards to the canvas art they produced. This freedom was a new thing but during the fifties and particularly the sixties it became ‘the thing’. Liberated Modernism represented freedom – liberation. The freedom to express thoughts and theories with regards to just about everything and anything which touched their lives � Whether that might be war, a bowl of fruit or a landscape; a religion or a philosophy. In a modern world artists were no longer confined to the traditional dos and do not�s which had dictated canvas art for centuries. Theirs was a liberated world. The Fifties Revival Modern art had passed through several phases during the first half of the twentieth century – Expressionism, Cubism and Abstraction being among the most profound. And this brought about many changes. During the sixties modern canvas art accelerated quickly into a brand new phase. Abstract Expressionism gripped the attention of artists . Now, another artistic generation was coming to the fore and so the cycle of modernism was destined to repeat – In that they were now the radical avant-garde. The New Age Radicals Among those new age radicals of the sixties was Jackson Pollock. Today his modern canvas art works are recognized around the world – And indeed continue to be regarded by some as radical. Abstract Expressionist modern canvas art work by artists such as Pollock, Rothko and Kooning are among the most popular choices with regards to canvas art work for the home. And despite the entourage of artistic movements which have gripped both modern canvas art and the contemporary arts since: Modern canvas art remains steadfast.