Tuesday 10th March 2015. Controversies
Eadweard Muybridge- The Horse in Motion
In 1878 Muybridge produced the first ever moving picture with his early photographic experiments. The idea was to see if a galloping horse takes all four hooves off the floor at any one time in motion. Before the days of moving pictures, the human eye was unable to capture the processes of fast moving objects. Muybridge used photography to analyse the movement of the horse in stages.
Pablo Picasso – Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Here is one of the most famous Cubist oil paintings done by Picasso in 1907. The painting was a significant development from the traditional composition and perspective in painting. Picasso decided to distort the 5 female bodies and place them in a demoralised posture. We also see here how African art and savagery influenced Picasso giving these females mask-like faces using very violent brushstrokes.
Kurt Schwitters and Theo van Doesburg collaboration
In 1923 Doesbury and Schwitters created a campaign to introduce and educate artists to the Dada movement. Below is a poster for the evening classes which were put on to help teach about Dadaism. The word ‘Dada’ is repeated several times in a bold, red typeface and it is decorated with multi-lingual slogans. Dadaism inspired Surrealism, Pop Art and Punk Rock.
Hugo Ball
Here is a quote by Ball, “For us, art is not an end in itself… but it is an opportunity for the true perception and criticism of the times we live in”.
Sex Pistols 1977
Nicola Murphy 