Overview
In 1946 the art critic Robert Coates, writing in the New Yorker, first used the term 'Abstract Expressionism'. The two words combine the emotional intensity of the German Expressionists with the anti-figurative aesthetic of the European Abstract schools. Although they were being painted by then little-known artists working in low-rent studio space, works of Abstract Expressionist art now dominate the walls of major museums. This important publication re-evaluates the movement, recognising its complex and fluid reality, and branching further into multimedia. As such, this book encompasses sculptors such as David Smith and photographers such as Aaron Siskind as well as some of the most famous painters of the twentieth century, including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky and Clyfford Still. AUTHOR: David Anfam is the author of the now-standard textbook Abstract Expressionism (1990). SELLING POINTS: . A stunning volume with fascinating illustrations, which re-evaluates the Abstract Expressionist movement . Works of Abstract Expressionist art dominate the walls of major museums around the world . Features an impressive range of experts who discuss some of the signature paintings of the movement 300 colour images
Full Product Details
Author: David Anfam ,
Susan Davidson ,
Edith Devaney ,
Jeremy Lewison
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Imprint: Royal Academy of Arts
ISBN: 9781912520398
ISBN 10: 1912520397
Pages: 318
Publication Date: 06 June 2019
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"This book provides comprehensive insight into the style of abstract expressionism through numerous color plates of major works and observant text.--Margherita Cole ""My Modern Met"""
This book provides comprehensive insight into the style of abstract expressionism through numerous color plates of major works and observant text.--Margherita Cole My Modern Met
Author Information
David Anfam is the author of the now-standard textbook Abstract Expressionism (1990). Susan Davidson is Senior Curator, Collections and Exhibitions, at the Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Edith Devaney is Curator of Contemporary Projects at the Royal Academy of Arts. Jeremy Lewison is former Director of Collections at Tate. Carter Ratcliff wrote Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art (1996). Christian Wurst was researcher on The Catalogue Raisonne of the Drawings of Jasper Johns.
