Cubism
All through the history of art, artists attempted to capture something of the world and the environment in their work. All the while they were exploring ideas and materials ; ways of doing art and many of these artists were bushing up against the boundaries of what art is " supposed" to be. I guess we can say that artists , art doing the same kinds of things today. That is why the question , " what is art for?" or " what is art? " are valid questions to ask.
Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were the creators of an artist movement called Cubism. They were the very first people to explore this kind of art form. Today we are familiar with seeing work like this, but back in the 1908, no one had ever seen this art form before. It was shocking and strange.
What is cubism exactly?
The artist would study the subject or the thing they were painting. Usually these were people.
The artists would break the object up into geometric shapes and then they would put the subject back together again. Often, the shapes were drawn and painted from different viewpoints or perspectives. This is called analytical cubism because the artist analysed or studied the subject from different perspectives. The work is not realistic at all but we can see the object and what it is.
Cubism is one of the most influential art moments of all time. Artists are still influenced bu this style today.
An African work of art by Mohamed Berkane is an example of modern cubist work.
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef is a well known South African artist. He was born in 1886 and died in 1957.
He is best known for and loved for his landscapes. He was born in 1886 and died in 1957.
Some of his work has a hint of cubism in his use of breaking up the spaces into geometric shapes.
Check this work out.
Pierfneef . journeyed very much towards cubism in his life work.
See if you can find out more about Pierneef or any other South African artists who were influenced by Cubism.
Look at Cecil Skotnes ; Maud Sumners;
How do you think African art might have influenced cubism?
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