New York City Art Scene 1960s, Part 1 of 4

Bleecker Street, 1967. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

[Virtual tour] Following a period of embracing very subjective, expressionist abstraction, artists during the 1960s turned their attention back on their environment, especially the energy of the city, embracing popular culture, mass media, ordinary life, non-sophisticated materials and novel art making processes inspired by modern life.

Part 1 – Sourcing the City
In their quest to break down boundaries between life and art, to render the art making process more intuitive and physically tied to their environment, artists began sourcing the city itself for their art making materials. Their specific neighborhoods with all their socio-historical complexities, replaced the traditional art materials. Collages, Assemblage Art or even Junk Art were the results, personal, but also tightly linked to the environment.

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