Jackson Pollock by
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) became an icon of rebellion in 1950s America, and the brooding, defiant persona captured in photographs of the artist contributed to his celebrity almost as much as his notorious paintings did. In the years since his death in a drunken car crash, Pollock's hold on the public imagination has only increased. He has become an enduring symbol of the tormented artist--our American van Gogh.
The first two pages consist of pictures of Pollock and his work ...
... while the last two pages contain the text of the article.
In addition, the article is surrounded by fashion spreads.
Greenberg's essay has been reprinted in Modern Arts Criticism, Vol. 3, 1993, pp. 340-342.
Its citation for the Vogue article refers only to pages 160-161, omitting any reference to the images. In fact, this anthology includes a completely different illustration of Pollock's work.
Women, Art, and Power and Other Essays by
"Women, Art, and Power --seven landmark essays on women artists and women in art history--brings together the work of almost twenty years of scholarship and speculation."
The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art by
Taking you back through the ages, the Guerrilla Girls demonstrate how males (particularly white males) have dominated the art scene, and discouraged, belittled, or obscured women's involvement. Their skeptical and hilarious interpretations of "popular" theory are augmented by the newest research and the expertise of prominent feminist art historians.
Guerrilla Girls: the Art of Behaving Badly by
Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly is the first book to catalog the entire career of the Guerrilla Girls from 1985 to present. The Guerrilla girls are a collective of political feminist artists who expose discrimination and corruption in art, film, politics, and pop culture all around the world. This book explores all their provocative street campaigns, unforgettable media appearances, and large-scale exhibitions. (1 User license)
From Wikipedia: Art for art's sake expresses a philosophy that the intrinsic value of art, and the only "true" art, is divorced from any didactic, moral, politic, or utilitarian function.
The concept is associated with the Avant-garde in that it divorces meaning and aesthetics from the object. It challenges tradition and invites innovation. It may focus on the process rather than the end result. Let the artist do what they want to do outside of the constraints of taste and marketability.
Autonomy of the artist/object is often in opposition to Form follows function, a principle associated with 20th-century modernist architecture and industrial design which says that the shape of a building or object should primarily relate to its intended function or purpose.
It may also be a reaction to Formalism. From Wikipedia: Formalism is the the study of art by analyzing and comparing form and style. Its discussion also includes the way objects are made and their purely visual or material aspects. In painting, formalism emphasizes compositional elements such as color, line, shape, texture, and other perceptual aspects rather than content, meaning, or the historical and social context. At its extreme, formalism in art history posits that everything necessary to comprehending a work of art is contained within the work of art. The context of the work, including the reason for its creation, the historical background, and the life of the artist, that is, its conceptual aspect is considered to be external to the artistic medium itself, and therefore of secondary importance.
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