The 1970's is one of the most uneasy times in history involving art. There wasn't a specific art movement at all in the 1970's, it was a time focusing on civil rights and world peace. There is a multitude of different styles of art reflecting previous art movements such as minimalism and abstractness. A lot of the paintings were "psychedelic" because of the introduction of the hippie movement, which was primarily based towards world peace. A lot of people didn't take hippies seriously though because a lot of hippies used the excuse of world peace and civil rights to use and smoke drugs. Other paintings were still stuck in the pop culture wave using minimalist styles, others were just minimalist. There were also a lot of nudist feminist art. This art style in particular was present because of the woman's rights movement. This art style depicted usually nude women and a phrase, quote, or fact depicting the injustice towards women. Many women also made videos depicting the injustice and objectiveness of women. One famous artist of the 60's and 70's, Frank Stella, stuck to the minimalist and abstract art styles. His paintings reflected these styles both at the same time extremely well. Frank also did other things besides paintings such as costume set designs and sculptures that were usually large in size. The 1970's was an interesting but not exciting time for art. Though there were many civil right art pieces they didn't stick out.
These paintings are just a few of the multitude of styles used in the 1970's. The "Red, Yellow, Blue Painting" is by the painter Bryce Marden. His technique involved melting beeswax into the oil paint to create a non shine, matte color effect. The Painting by Jose Fresquet is a poster depicting the injustice of the Vietnam war. Many cruel things happened to women in the war, he wanted to show people in the U.S. exactly this. The painting by Frank Stella is using a minimalist style. These paintings sow exactly how much variety of painting styles and movements going on in the 1970's. There wasn't a specific one for the 70's it was just different varieties.