Political Action and Cultural Reaction
Students produce a timeline that connects cultural and political events, then reflect on how those events have affected society.
Artist(s): Marcel Duchamp, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Richard Serra

During the past century many artists have spent the better part of their careers breaking rules, challenging traditions, and creating new methods of expression. Their work teaches us a great deal about what was happening in the world at the time it was made. The avant-garde artists featured in these activities received both negative and positive public attention for their challenges to established forms, processes, and ideas. By studying how they broke rules and even created new ones, students will gain insight into how such radical shifts in thinking have affected our culture today.
Students produce a timeline that connects cultural and political events, then reflect on how those events have affected society.
Artist(s): Marcel Duchamp, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Richard Serra