Today in class, Victoria gave her presentation on Pictorial Modernism. According to her, pictorial modernism follows futurism and consists mainly of flat colors, flat images and a crap load of layers. They followed futurism slightly because they played off type and tried to create images and emotions based on the compositions of the type. Lucian Bernhard was the 'father' of Plaknstil, which was a German design movement. He was kicked out of his house after he painted his father's walls random colors after he was inspired by an art show. After he left his house, he began to self teach himself and eventually received his fame and glory after winning a poster competition. After WWI, there was a large emphasis in poster design. Posters were used for propaganda, recruitment and for donations to the military services. Usually the artists tried to express patriotic emotions in simple competitions with text being used only as a catchy title.
I was surprised to hear that America was so far behind in graphic design/art trends. They were one of the last countries to adapt the new styles versus the other countries that started the trends. It makes complete sense, but I never really thought about it because I had expected it to travel to America faster because there were so many people who sought a new life in the U.S. Maybe it just seems weird because today America seems to be on top of things when it comes to modern art. OR! Maybe I'm just assuming we are on top of things relating to modern art.
So my question for today,... is the U.S. ahead of the game when it comes to new graphic styles? Or do they still generally originate from Italy and France?
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