The Art Movement In The 1970's

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When thinking about the 1970’s, most likely the term “Hippie Era” comes to mind. The hippie lifestyle is one filled with optimism, love, bright and loud colors, non- conformity, and psychedelics. The art and music in this time is no different! The reason behind the hippie era is directly connected to the shock people felt from the war going on into the mid 1970’s; the Vietnam War. By the 1970’s, the war was reaching an end, with horrifying numbers of casualties, and people mentally effected by the past two decades. During the war, many protest groups formed and protested American involvement of the war. Even after the end of this war, countless veterans did not get the support that today’s soldiers do. The death of so many people forced the …show more content…

Environmental art is also referred to as land art and earth art, and is a big part of the art movement in the 1970’s. This style of art is exactly as its name suggests: art made of the environment and nature. During the 1970’s, many artists didn’t want their works to be commercialized, or even in museums. Some environmental artists even create their artwork in ways it will disappear or change naturally over time. Environmental art is important during this time for those trying to escape from reality, because subconsciously, it forces them to face it, and gives them another perspective of the reality that is being portrayed in the photographs. A good example of environmental art is Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty. This piece of art is a 1,500-foot-long coil of mud, basalt rocks, salt crystals, and water located on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake, in Utah. Frequently throughout the year, the sculpture cannot be seen because it is completely under …show more content…

In the 1970’s. Already prominent minimalist artists from the 1960s, like Frank Stella were still around throughout the 1970’s. Frank Stella’s work in the 1970’s was advanced by a hospital stay from a tennis injury. Stella’s long hospitalization gave him a lot of time to start the drawings that become the Polish Village series in 1971- 1973. The Polish Village is made up of three versions with 40 designs in each version. These works use the constructive geometry of the irregular polygons in the form of

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