The Modern Era was a time of advancement in technology, science, film and photography. Artists of the time, most notably Pablo Picasso, recognized that realistic painting was “losing business” because photographs could “do it better”. So, cubism was developed to sort of provide an abstract but eerily realistic representation of a real life picture. Cubism started out as being an abstract art form with very angular shapes and distinction between background and foreground—almost 3-dimensional, yet with a blend in similar color and shapes. Picasso wanted to relate to his viewers a realistic intention, but by abstract means, so as to confuse them and make them more intrigued with this work. He painted sceneries and simple objects, but with an abstract twist. For example he once painted a very angular violin that sort of blended in color with the background but was distinctly detached from the background. If you looked closer it seemed like it was almost struggling to pull itself away from the wall, and reclaim it’s own identity and color. This was probably a statement on Picasso’s end that “the arts” are struggling to be different and just as “advanced’ and appreciated as other things of the era that were skyrocketing into development. Picasso then made his cubism more abstract, and wanted to attract more attention so he started employing brighter colors and even more blend between reality and imagination—background and foreground. He was determined to keep his art alive and thriving in a time of technological reform.
-Team Waka
Lillie Moffett, Lauren Wakabayashi, Nicole Lussier, Sooji Hong
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