David Anfam

Abstract Expressionism

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Abstract Expressionism is the most important art movement since the Second World War. Although it is often considered a revolution in painting alone for the images created by such leading figures as Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko remain altogether extraordinary its radical spirit extended further, encompassing the sculpture of David Smith and Aaron Siskinds photography. Along with other key artists such as Barnett Newman and Franz Kline, these artists formed a nucleus united not just against the tensions of American society from the 1930s onwards, but also in their aim to forge diverse new visual languages.… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-500-20427-6
EAN: 9780500204276
Produktnummer: 17755193
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Masse: H20.8 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.7 cm 478 g
Auflage: Second edition
Abbildungen: With 176 illustrations in colour and black and white
Gewicht: 478
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

David Anfam is a writer, curator and leading authority on modern American art. He is the Senior Consulting Curator at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver and the Director of its Research Center. His publications include Abstract Expressionism (1990), the catalogue raisonné Mark Rothko: Works on Canvas (1998), which won the Mitchell prize in 2000, as well as studies on Anish Kapoor, Edward Kienholz and Wayne Thiebaud.