Artist in The 1980s Reflecting Their Own Perspective

There was a time in the 1980s when the business world was revolutionized with the advancement and focus on corporate culture. Imprinting a new form of culture has had much to do with a corporate success, by retaining a talented work force, increasing productivity, and fostering innovation. Art was definitely affected by this new movement. But there were some artists that decided to step out and make a difference. 

Artists like Betye Saar and Faith Ringgold,  reflected their understanding that America is an ever changing mixture of many cultures. They emphasized the African roots by their art work, including sculptures, paintings, just to mention a few. One can still see these visionary art work, their influences reside side by side in Saar's work with a sophisticated understanding of pop art. They were successfully understood, their art work was recognized by the art world during the 1970s as something different and exciting in their very own way, showing a new understanding of the diversity that defines America. On the other hand there were many other artists that contribute to the "new understanding of America." 

In many different ways these artists such as Bearden, The feminist Movement, Aycock, and so many others, gave their own perspective and redirect the art of the 1970s and 1980s to a new and fresh perspective and to a sense of identity. They indeed directed the public of the 1970s toward a more openly inclusive approach and a deeper appreciation of what made each of them who they were.  A fierce non alignment characterized the best artist of to emerge in the seventies, and that vehement assertion of individuality in itself had radical implications for a society of mass markets and media. 

Bearden "The Dove" Bearden presents the scene on a New York street, the sidewalk thick with people strolling, talking, leaning, looking out of windows, and sitting on stoops.  The picture registers almost immediately as a snapshot of the noisy, thick hustle of urban life and it does so despite the fact that it is, as a picture, a very strange one.