Abstract
This research project is a collection of work from the students enrolled in this semester's "Art Since 1940" course. As a collection, students propose that the art of the 1940s & 50s is best understood, researched, and disseminated as an actively engaged, artistic process. It attempts to establish a learning-as-making space in which makers, or in this case, art history students, can embody what abstract expressionism meant in historical terms, but also as a very individual and personal endeavor. This research intends to show--through student-created videos, short essays, and artwork--how the intertwined lives of artists, past and present, can help lend insight into the "Why?" of historical art movements and also the "How" of human creative development in present times.
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Understanding Abstract Artistic Process Through Active Engagement
This research project is a collection of work from the students enrolled in this semester's "Art Since 1940" course. As a collection, students propose that the art of the 1940s & 50s is best understood, researched, and disseminated as an actively engaged, artistic process. It attempts to establish a learning-as-making space in which makers, or in this case, art history students, can embody what abstract expressionism meant in historical terms, but also as a very individual and personal endeavor. This research intends to show--through student-created videos, short essays, and artwork--how the intertwined lives of artists, past and present, can help lend insight into the "Why?" of historical art movements and also the "How" of human creative development in present times.