Joan Miró (1893-1983): The Tilled Field (1923-24) is an expression of Miro’s view of his farm where he grew up... His interest in art as well as animals is present throughout the piece. There are bright colors, cartoon-looking animals and imaginative shapes. Miro also painted flags on this painting…
Claude Monet (1840-1926): Poppies (1873) Now one of the world's most famous paintings, it conjures up the vibrant atmosphere of a stroll through the fields on a summer's day. Monet diluted the contours and constructed a colourful rhythm with blobs of paint starting from a sprinkling of poppies. The…
Piet Mondrian (1872-1944): Farm Near Duivendrecht, in the Evening (c.1916): strong lines dominate this scene of a farmhouse at twilight. The dwindling light at the end of the day creates a halo of vibrant orange around the interlocking web of barren trees, highlighting the linear patterns created by…
The foremost purpose of performance art has almost always been to challenge the conventions of traditional forms of visual art such as painting and sculpture. When these modes no longer seem to answer artists' needs - when they seem too conservative, or too enmeshed in the traditional art world and…