CDepartment of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Division of Negros Occidental
CALATRAVA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Calatrava, Negros Occidental

MAPEH 10 - FIRST QUARTER

School Year 2020-2021

Name of Student: ______________________Grade & Section:_________Date: _____________

ACTIVITY NO. 4
Activity Title: Concept Notes
Activity Title: Abstract Expressionism, Installation Art and Performance Arts
Learning Competency/ies: Compare the characteristics of artworks produced in the various
art movements;(A10PL-Ih-4)
Learning Target: Describe the different styles and characteristics of the various movements
that arose in American Modern art.
Reference: Arts Grade 10 Learner’s Materials pages 214-226

By the mid-1900s, the center of Modern Art moved from Europe to America.Daring American
artists came up with their own synthesis of Europe’s cubism and surrealism, known as abstract
expressionism.

A. The New York School

1. Action Painting – The total effect is one of vitality, creativity, “energy made possible “
2. Color Field Painting – Used different color saturations to create desired effects.

B. After the New York School

1. Neodadaism – made use of common place, trivial, even nonsensical object
2. Pop Art (Popular Art) – made use of easily recognizable objects and images
3. Conceptual Art – arose in the mind of the artist.
4. Op Art (OpticalArt) – a form of “action painting”; action taking place in the viewer’s eye.

Installation art is a modern art form that generally produces works largeenough for the viewers to
interact with (e.g., walk through, touch objects, feeltextures, hear sounds, see lights and motion, etc.).

Performance art is a form in which the actions of a person or group of personsin a particular place and at
a particular time constitute the work. This may takeplace in a public or private place, indoors or outdoors.
It may last a few minutesor several hours. Both of these modern art forms seek to capture the
viewers’/audience’sattention, make a statement, convey a message in unconventional, sometimeshumorous,
occasionally shocking ways.

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Evaluation:
1. What were two of the art movements that emerged from The New York School?
2. From where did pop art draw its subjects?
3. What are the distinct characteristics of installation art?
4. Why is it called “installation”?