Week 12 abstract expressionism
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Abstract Expressionism was a post-World War II art movement developed in New York in the 1940s. It involved expressing oneself purely through form and color, combining emotional intensity with anti-figurative styles. The movement is divided into Action Painting, which stresses physical painting action and broad gestures, and Color Field Painting, which explores the effects of pure color overlapping on huge canvases. Key artists included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko.
Week 12 abstract expressionism
- 1. Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism or so called Gestural Abstraction, it was developed in New York in the 1940s; it is an post-World War II art movement in American painting. It is a type of art which the artist expresses himself purely through the use of form and color. Abstract expressionism, this name is derived from the combination of the emotional intensity and self-denial of the German Expressionists with the anti-figurative of the European abstract schools such as Futurism, the Bauhaus and Synthetic Cubism. Most of the Abstract Expressionists lived in New York and met at the Cedar Tavern in Greenwich Village. Therefore the movement is also called The New York School. The movement can be more or less divided into two groups: Action Paint ing and Color Field Painting. Action Painting Stressed the physical action involved in painting The style was widespread from 1940s until the early 1960s . These energetic techniques depend on broad gestures directed by the artist’s sense of control interacting with chance or random occurrences. Therefore, action painting is also referred to as Gestural Abstraction. Color Field Painting Primarily concerned with exploring the effects of pure color on a canvas It is about the tension created by overlapping and interacting areas of flat color. These areas of color can be amorphous or clearly geometric. This painting often are on huge canvases. Jackson Pollock Willem de Kooning Mark Rothko Clyfford Still Franz Kline Philip Guston Jules Olitski Kenneth Noland Key Characteristics of Abstract Expressionism Unconventional application of paint, usually without a recognizable subject that tends toward amorphous shapes in brilliant colors Dripping, smearing, slathering, and flinging lots of paint on to the canvas Sometimes gestural “writing ” in a loosely calligraphic manner In the case of Color Field artists: carefully filling the picture plane with zones of color that create tension between the shapes and hues Hans Hofmann James Brooks Wassily Kandinsky Jackson Pollock