Abstract
Expressionism
-Abstract
Expressionism is a type of art in which the artist expresses himself purely
through the use of form and color.
-It
non-representational, or non-objective, art, which means that there are no
actual objects represented.
-Now
considered to be the first American artistic movement of international
importance, the term was originally used to describe the work of Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Arshile Gorky.
-The varied
work produced by the Abstract Expressionists resists definition as a cohesive style; instead, these artists shared an
interest in using abstraction to convey strong emotional or expressive content.
-Technically,
an important predecessor is surrealism,
with its emphasis on spontaneous, automatic or subconscious creation.
-Jackson Pollock's
dripping paint onto a canvas laid on the floor is a technique that has its
roots in the work of André Masson, Max Ernst and David Alfaro
Siqueiros.
pollock.number-8
NGA Jackson Pollock Web Feature Painting.
-The movement
can be more or less divided into two groups: Action Painting, typified by artists
such as Pollock, de Kooning, Franz Kline,
and Philip Guston,
stressed the physical action involved in painting; Color
Field Painting, practiced by Mark Rothko and Kenneth Noland,
among others, was primarily concerned with exploring the effects of pure color
on a canvas.
-In the 1940s
there were not only few galleries (The Art of This
Century, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Julien Levy Gallery and a few others) but also few critics
who were willing to follow the work of the New York Vanguard
-Barnett Newman,Onement 1, 1948. During the 1940s Barnett Newman
wrote several important articles about the new American painting.
Willem de Kooning,Woman V
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