American Art in the 1960s

Overview

During this critical decade in American life, artists built on the styles of the 1950s. An explosion of artistic energy produced Pop Art, Minimalism, color-field painting, and hard-edged abstraction. Sculptors and painters on both coasts explored new methods and new subject matter. American Art in the Sixties examines the key figures of that decade including Rauschenberg and Johns, two crucial transitional figures between Abstract Expressionism and the sensibilities of the new decade. The art of that time mirrors the optimism and the affluence, and the technology and the vulgarity of those boom years.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1972

Original language

English

Cast

Andy Warhol,John Cage,Jasper Johns,Roy Lichtenstein,Helen Frankenthaler,Robert Rauschenberg

Director

Michael Blackwood

Writer

Barbara Rose

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1870325