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How Art was affected by the Vietnam war
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How Art was affected by the Vietnam war
COnsequences
There were many consequences for protesting the war. Some for artists were being shamed by the public in the early stages of the war not so much in the later half as more and more people started opposing our involvement. Prison was another if you vandalized a building or any kind of private or public property and got caught.
"Op" art
At the beginning of Vietnam in the early to mid sixties technology started to play a major role in new kinds of art called op art. This kind of art featured optical illusions which would lead to psychedelic art which was prominent in the 1970's. Most of this new art was limited to teenagers bedrooms or college dorms, because it wasn't really considered art by the public yet.
After Vietnam
After Vietnam ended in 1973 there wasn't really any need for protest art anymore so most artists went and slipped back into obscurity. But the protest art of the Vietnam War laid the foundation for protest art in the years to come. The anti-Vietnam art and protests have left a lasting impression on America forever.
protest art
Protest artists
Protest Art was abundant in the late 1960's and early 1970's on and off American soil. Graffiti on abandoned buildings advocated for peace as well as protest posters and flyers nailed to every telephone pole. In Vietnam civilians were doing the same thing in their native tongue. Soldiers would also protest the war by drawing or writing things on their helmets like peace signs or personal mantras.
There were many protest artists but there were few that were actually known and not hopelessly obscure a few of those artist are, Antonio Frasconi, Jasper Johns,and Duane Hanson. Many of these artists not only hated U.S. involvement in Vietnam they showed it in their painting, sculptures or any other kind of works of art, by publicly condemning the draft and fighting in Vietnam.
Vietnam
The United States got officially involved in the war in Vietnam in 1950 when we gave France $15,000,000 in military aid to fight the VietCong and VietMinh. In 1963 we had around 16,000 military personnel stationed in Vietnam. After the My Lai Massacre happened most Americans decided they were officially done with the war in Vietnam which led all sorts of new and exciting protest art