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Postwar Art: Violence, Sex, and Identity by Allison Bako is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses how postwar art in the 1940s-50s addressed political and social issues through representations of violence, sex, and masculinity. It analyzes works by Jackson Pollock, the Gutai group in Japan, Jasper Johns, Francis Bacon, and Yayoi Kusama. These artists confronted themes of gender, sexuality, trauma, and identity politics in innovative ways through abstract expressionism, performance art, and conceptual techniques. Their deeply personal works resonated with audiences by reflecting t
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- Allison Bako
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