History of Modern Art with Klaire
By Klaire Lockheart
History of Modern Art with KlaireApr 27, 2021
12 Postmodernism: Let’s Make the Art World a Better Place
If you enjoy rebelling against established institutions, you’ll enjoy some aspects of Postmodern Art and the work it inspires today. Host Klaire Lockheart will briefly review Modernism before explaining the Postmodernism movement. Discover the legacy of the Guerrilla Girls, and learn about an epic feud over the blackest black paint.
Artists and Artwork: Damien Hirst (Away from the Flock), Colleen Wolstenholme, Jeff Koons (String of Puppies), Art Rogers (Puppies), Chuck Close, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Al Diaz, Andy Warhol, Guerrilla Girls (Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?; When Racism And Sexism Are No Longer Fashionable, How Much Will Your Art Collection Be Worth?), Anish Kapoor (Cloud Gate), and Stuart Semple
Additional Topics: Modernism, SAMO©, Neo-Expressionism, Linda Nochlin, James Elkins (Stories of Art), the Bean, Vantablack, Culture Hustle, Black 3.0, and “Art Workers’ Coalition: Statement of Demands”
11 Pop Art: Polkadots, Appropriation, and Kitsch
When Pop Art hit its peak in the 1960s, artists embraced polkadots, popular culture, and consumerism. If you’re curious about how soup cans and comics became fine art, join Klaire Lockheart as she shares the details of this Modernist art movement.
Artists and Artwork: Yayoi Kusama (Accumulation No. 1, Aggregation: One Thousand Boats Show, Infinity Mirror Room [Phalli’s Field], All the Eternal Love I have for the Pumpkins), Georgia O’Keeffe, Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Andy Warhol (Campbell’s Soup Cans, Marilyn Diptych, Cow Wallpaper), Lynn Goldsmith, Claes Oldenburg and Patty Mucha (Soft Calendar for the Month of August), Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg (Spoonbridge and Cherry), and Roy Lichtenstein (Look Mickey, Drowning Girl)
Additional Topics: Appropriation, Intersectionality, Soft Sculpture, Jason Pargin (What the Hell Did I Just Read), Abstract Expressionism, Clement Greenberg (“Avant-Garde and Kitsch”), Marilyn Monroe, Serigraphy, Comic Books, CMYK Printing, and Ben-Day Dots
10 Abstract Expressionism: Modern Art Galleries are Full of Farts
Abstract Expressionism is a complex art movement from the mid 19th century that requires a fair amount of cognitive dissonance to embrace. Whether you find this movement intriguing or confusing, listen as Klaire Lockheart describes this Modernist art style. She’ll also reveal why it makes her salty.
Artists and Artwork: Ad Reinhardt, Jackson Pollock (Number 17A, Mural), Mark Rothko (Untitled [Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow on White and Red]), Hilma af Klint, Olga Rozanova (Non-Objective Composition. Color Painting), Barnett Newman, Alma Woodsey Thomas (Orion, A Fantastic Sunset), and Lee Krasner (The Seasons, The Eye of the First Circle)
Additional Topics: Sublime, Clement Greenberg, Harold Rosenberg, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Action Painters, and Color Field Painting
09 Surrealism: Forget Dalí, Make Room for Magritte and Kahlo
Surrealists, such as Magritte, Cahun, and Dalí created dreamlike compositions, and they wanted to show the unseen. Explore the strange, weird, and upsetting aspects of Surrealism with Klaire Lockheart. Discover that Surrealism has more to offer than just melting clocks, such as Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits.
Artists and Artwork: Salvador Dalí (Persistence of Memory), René Magritte (The Treachery of Images, Son of Man), Meret Oppenheim Object [Luncheon in Fur], Glove [for Parkett no. 4]), Claude Cahun (Self-Portrait [I am in Training Don’t Kiss Me]), Marcel Moore, Frida Kahlo (Frieda and Diego, Two Fridas), and Diego Rivera
Additional Topics: André Breton (“Manifesto of Surrealism”), Sigmund Freud, World War II, Gender Roles, Photography, and Self-Portraiture
08 Dadaism: Early 20th Century Nonsense and Chaos
Dadaists made photomontages, sculptures, and readymades that were weird and absurd. Artists such as Hannah Höch, Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, and Marcel Duchamp pushed the boundaries of what could be considered art. If you’ve ever felt like the world doesn’t make sense, then you’ll want to tune in for Klaire Lockheart’s explanation of Dada.
Art and Artwork: Marcel Duchamp (Fountain ), Jean/Hans Arp (Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance), Sophie Tauber-Arp (Dada Head), Hannah Höch (Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Beer-Belly of the Weimar Republic, Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum), Raoul Housmann, Alfred Stieglitz, Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (Enduring Ornament, God, Fountain), Morton Schamberg, and André Breton
Additional Topics: Existential Crisis, World War I, Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, Cabaret Voltaire, Tristan Tzara, World War II, “The Painter,” American Society of Independent Artists, Beatrice Wood (“The Richard Mutt Case”), and Richard Mutt
07 Suprematism: Not All Modern Art was Made in Paris
Suprematist art appears simple and non-controversial at first glance, but these geometric paintings by Kazimir Malevich, Olga Rozanova, and El Lissitzky were revolutionary. Listen as Klaire Lockheart examines Russian avant-garde artwork and art forgeries.
Artists and Artwork: Mary Cassatt, Kazimir Malevich (The Black Square, Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension, Suprematist Composition), Olga Rozanova (Airplanes over the City, Non-Objective Composition. Color Painting,) and El Lissitzky (Prounenraum, Proun 12E)
Additional Topics: Impressionism, Abstract Art, Art Education, 0, 10: The Last Futurist Exhibition, Theosophy, Alphonse Allais, Alexei Kruchenykh, Faktura, and Forged Art
06 Cubism: Picasso was a Flapping A-hole
It it truly possible to separate art from the artist? What if their art is about the abuse they caused? Join Klaire Lockheart as she rails against misogynist Pablo Picasso, but stick around to learn about Modern Dakota art created Oscar Howe.
Artists and Artwork: Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso (The Young Women of Avignon, Guernica, Weeping Woman, Bust of a Woman), Georges Braque, Dora Maar, and Oscar Howe (Ghost Dance, Sioux Seed Player)
Additional Topics: Postimpressionism, Trocadéro Museum of Ethnography, Imperialism, Ariella Aïsha Azulay (Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism), Talking Heads, Olu Oguibe (“Into the ‘Heart of Darkness,’”), Cultural Appropriation, Iberian Sculptures, Hannah Gadsby (Nanette), Blue Period, University of South Dakota, Primitivism, Analytic Cubism, Synthetic Cubism, Domestic Abuse, Pigcasso, Shakeel Massey, Dakota Art, and Santa Fe Indian Art School
05 Fauvism: Where the Wild Beasts Are
Is it a surprise that famous Modernist artists were problematic? Henri Matisse was a prominent Fauvist, but he benefited from French imperialism and he was a big fan of objectifying women. Join Klaire Lockheart as she shares the basics about Fauvism and explains the importance of art history education.
Artists and Artwork: Albert Marque, Henri Matisse (Luxury, Calm and Pleasure; Blue Nude: Memory of Biskra; Woman with a Hat; Odalisque couchée aux magnolias), Vincent van Gogh, Paul Signac, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Night), André Derain (London Bridge), and Maurice de Vlaminck
Additional Topics: Avant-Garde, Impressionism, Postimpressionism, Paris Salon, Packard Group National Exhibition, Autumn Salon, Louis Vauxcelles, Complementary Colors, Colonialism, Ariella Aïsha Azulay (Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism), African Art, Primitivism, Vili People, Orientalism, Odalisques and Amélie Matisse
04 Modernism: Modern Art, Now with Women
It’s weird that contemporary art isn’t Modern Art, right? Modernism can be confusing, but host Klaire Lockheart will do her best to guide you through it. She will even improve upon the typical art history narrative because she will include women artists, such as Hilma af Klint and Georgia O’Keeffe!
Artists and Artwork: Jacques-Louis David (Oath of the Horatii), Hilma af Klint (The Ten Largest, number 7 - Adulthood, Paintings for the Temple), Wassily Kandinsky, Georgia O’Keeffe (Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1), Willem de Kooning (Interchange), Frida Kahlo, Marcel Duchamp, André Breton, and Diego Rivera
Additional Topics: Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness), 1913 Armory Show, Beyond the Visible - Hilma af Klint, Theosophy, William V. Dunning, Art for Art’s Sake, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Degenerate Art Exhibition, Leon Trotsky Impressionism, Orientalism, Postimpressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Suprematism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Postmodernism
03 Postimpressionism: I Can’t Pronounce “van Gogh” but I Know Why He’s Famous
Grab your Starry Night coffee cup and get ready to learn about Jo van Gogh-Bonger and how she played a vital role in promoting Vincent van Gogh’s artwork and legacy. You’ll also get to hear Klaire Lockheart explain Pointillism, talk about advertising for the Moulin Rouge, and go on a justified rant about Paul Gauguin.
Artists and Artwork: Georges Seurat (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte), Paul Signac, Paul Cézanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Moulin Rouge: La Goulue), Eugene Delacroix, Camille Pissarro, Vincent van Gogh (Starry Night), and Paul Gauguin
Additional Topics: Neo-Impressionism, Pointillism, Divisionism, Sam Phillips (…Isms: Understanding Modern Art), Salon des Indépendants, Color Theory, Optical Mixing, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Theo van Gogh, Roland Barthes (“Death of the Author”), Hannah Gadsby, Avant-Garde, Lithography, and Louise Weber
02 Orientalism: Cultural Appropriation, Odalisques, and Ingres’s Flatulent Hand
Don’t be fooled by the colorful and relaxing paintings created by the French Orientalists! These 19th century artists really liked to objectify women. Listen as Klaire Lockheart reveals the problematic aspects of Orientalism, argues with dead artists, and introduces you to the brodalisque.
Artists and Artwork: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Grande Odalisque, Turkish Bath, Portrait of Monsieur Bertin), Jean-Léon Gérôme (Pollice Verso, Snake Charmer, the Meuzzin, the Grief of the Pasha Sabre Dance in a Café, the Slave Market), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Eugène Delacroix, Guerrilla Girls (Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?), and Felix Nadar
Additional Topics: Edward Said (Orientalism), Mohja Kahf (Western Representations of the Muslim Woman), Odalisques, Harems, Karin van Nieuwkerk (A Trade Like Any Other: Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt), Colonialism, Cultural Appropriation, Gladiator, Linda Nochlin (“The Imaginary Orient”), Awalim, Belly Dancers, and Ghawazee
01 Impressionism: When Sunsets and Floppy Babies Scandalized Paris
Impressionism may seem like nothing but inoffensive blurry paintings of cute subjects that are perfect to hang over the sofa, but this Modernist art style was full of rebellion and scandal. Join Klaire Lockheart as she explores the context and history of Impressionism, including the Salon, the male gaze, and artists who refused to conform.
Artists and Artwork: Alexandre Cabanel (The Birth of Venus), Édouard Manet (Luncheon on the Grass), Felix Nadar, Katsushika Hokusai (The Great Wave), Claude Monet (Impression, Sunrise), Pierre-August Renoir (Dance at Le moulin de la Galette), Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Berte Morisot (After Lunch, The Artist’s Daughter, Julie, with Her Nanny), and Mary Cassatt (At the Theater)
Additional Topics: Salon des Refusés, Hierarchy of Painting, Venus, Male Gaze, the Louvre, John Berger (Ways of Seeing), Émil Zola, Japanese Prints, Plein Air Painting, Louis Leroy, and Linda Nochlin (“Why are There no Great Women Artists”), and Ugly Renaissance Babies
History of Modern Art with Klaire Trailer
The History of Modern Art with Klaire is a new podcast where artist and educator Klaire Lockheart will explore Modernism through a 21st century intersectional feminist lens. Over the course of this series, Klaire will cover Orientalism, Postimpressionism, Modernism, Fauvism, Cubism, Suprematism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and then conclude with Postmodernism. Klaire will structure this series like an introductory art history course, but she will include at least 25% more tirades than in her typical classes. Please remember to subscribe so you can hear the first episode about Impressionism.