Rebirth of Meaning in American Art

Turning Point: The Demise of Modernism and the Rebirth of Meaning in American Art
July 17, 2008 – January 3, 2009
BYU Museum of Art

This exhibition traces the sea-change that took place in American art in the late 1960s. In the early `60s, the most influential works in the art world were large canvases streaked by abstract lines and forms. Toward the end of the decade, Minimalist and Conceptual artists assailed the established authorities of the art world. By 1970, this group of young revolutionaries had overturned the very idea of a single art authority and upset many other assumptions about the nature of “high art.” This art revolution wrought deep and enduring changes in how artists create their works and how the rest of us think about them.

For more information: http://cfac.byu.edu/index.php?id=1625

Thinking Aloud will air a discussion on this exhibit July 17th on Classical 89.1 at 11:00am. or 8:00pm.