Module 5 : Modern Art and Design
  Lecture 12 : Cubist Sculpture, Collage (Synthetic Cubism)
 
Picasso, Mandolin and Clarinet, 1914
Plate 7A Collage
Sculpture
(Wood-relief)
Picasso, Guitar, 1912
7B Picasso,
Collage
(Paper & Wood)
Picasso, Violin, 1912-13
7C Picasso’s
Collage
(Newspaper)
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7D Mirror Collage Sculpture
(Mirror)
 

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; December 18, 2012)

Collage art broke the conventional thinking and new way to recognize the essence of aesthetics.

‘Readymade’ and the DADA became the most radical movement of the century. It tried to destroy the established conventional art thinking. In fact non-art became their main philosophy. They tried to question the very foundation of the philosophy of art. Usage of mixed material (plate 7A-7D) challenged the conventional thinking of two dimensional paintings in color pigment or graphic printing. It tried to raise questions- Is there any law or rule that all the two dimensional art works have to be painted with color pigments? There is no such rule, through generations artists have followed the conventional practices without questioning. The new generation artists of early 20th century dared to question the traditional believes and practices, which threw validated the statement-
Art for Art’s Sake.