To put the 1950's into context, I want to take a closer look at the designers, artists and other creatives operating at the time; thus putting the designs of these records in perspective for modern day and historical context.
This post will just be looking at some of the designers that were operating at the time, analysing their work to see where it fits into the grand scheme of the 50's.
The painter of shapes and colours, the modernist that is Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko is not really a favourite of mine, nor is he quite an emeny. He's like the friend that you put up with because he's kind of nice; and the one you hang out with when you are sick of hearing Lichtenstien go on about his pop art crap.
Whether I like him or not isn't really point here though; without doubt he is very much an influential and significant modernist painter—if anyone would go on to inspire and display the times of modernist 1950's he'd be at the forefront.
The grubby mess; Jackson Pollock
Though the man's artworks have the technical capabilities of a drunken pig with broken front legs, his work was more influential than almost any painter in the 20th century. He was highly influential in the 50's, where he produced almost all his more famous pieces.
My woes aside, you can see exactly where he fits into the rise of American Modernism and the influence of freedom, intermedality and expressionism that design was producing thereafter; as a direct response to the path he cut with his eccentric paintings.
My woes aside, you can see exactly where he fits into the rise of American Modernism and the influence of freedom, intermedality and expressionism that design was producing thereafter; as a direct response to the path he cut with his eccentric paintings.
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