The Pictures Generation

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf art movement
gptkbp:activePeriod 1980s
late 1970s
gptkbp:artisticMethod collage
appropriation of images
re-photography
text and image juxtaposition
gptkbp:artworkBy photography
appropriation
media critique
mass media imagery
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Pictures Generation
gptkbp:influenced contemporary art
postmodern art
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Minimalism
Feminism
Pop art
Conceptual art
gptkbp:medium gptkb:film
photography
installation art
text-based art
gptkbp:movement postmodernism
gptkbp:nameOrigin Named after the 1977 exhibition 'Pictures' curated by Douglas Crimp
gptkbp:notableArtist gptkb:James_Welling
gptkb:Douglas_Crimp
gptkb:Louise_Lawler
gptkb:Robert_Longo
gptkb:Barbara_Kruger
gptkb:Jack_Goldstein
gptkb:Troy_Brauntuch
gptkb:Sherrie_Levine
Cindy Sherman
David Salle
Richard Prince
gptkbp:notableExhibit The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984 (2009, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
gptkbp:notablePublication Pictures (1979 essay by Douglas Crimp)
gptkbp:relatedTo Pictures (1977, Artists Space, New York)
The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984 (2009, The Met)
gptkbp:theme gptkb:identity
consumerism
gender
originality
authorship
mass culture
critique of representation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Laurie_Simmons
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7