Why was New York abstract expressionism so successful after World War II? To answer that question, Serge Guilbaut takes a controversial look at the complicated, intertwining relationship among art, politics, and ideology. He explores the changing New York and Paris art scenes of…
Why was New York abstract expressionism so successful after World War II? To answer that question, Serge Guilbaut takes a controversial look at the complicated, intertwining relationship among art, politics, and ideology. He explores the changing New York and Paris art scenes of…
1. "The semblance of things" : re-visioning Viennese Expressionism -- 2. "The woman emerges" : medical vision and the spectacle of hysteria -- 3. Performing hysteria : a vogue for hystero-theatrical gestures -- 4. A tale of three hysterics : Elektra, Isolde, and Salome -- 5. The…
American Artists on Art: from 1940 to 1980
by Kaprow, Allan, Cage, John, Wright, William, Anderson, Laurie, Pollock, Jackson, Gottlieb, Adolph, Newman, Barnett, De Kooning, Willem, Kline, Franz, Motherwell, Robert, Reinhardt, Ad, Smith, David, Nevelson, Louise, Noland, Kenneth, Olitski, Jules, Nemser, Cindy, Oldenburg, Claes, Lichtenstein, Roy, Judd, Donald, LeWitt, Sol, Bochner, Mel, Kosuth, Joseph, Irwin, Robert, Chase, Linda, Christo, Serra, Richard, Aycock, Alice, Burden, Chris, Johnson, Ellen
Abstract expressionism: the international context
A collection of essays that discuss abstract expressionist art.
Abstract Expressionism as Cultural Critique examines the artistic aims of the New York School of painters within the context of left-wing political discussions during the 1940s and 1950s. By drawing on new primary material from government archives and contemporary art critics, i…
The artistic aims of the New York School of painters within the context of left wing political discussions during the 1940s and 1950s are the subject of this study.