abstract expressionism
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LEADING ARTISTS:
JACKSON POLLOCKMARK ROTHKO
WILLEM DE KOONINGFRANZ KLINE
THIS WAS CONSIDERED VERY SERIOUS “HIGH” ART
ART CRITICS PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN MAKING ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM A LEADING ART
FORM
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTSABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS:- WERE INFLUENCED BY SURREALISTS
AND THEIR WORK WITH THE UNCONCIOUS
- -ALSO PICASSO & CUBISM- -THEY TRIED TO PAINT ABSTRACT
EMOTIONS WHICH THEY SAW AS “PURE” AND “TRUE”
- -THEY MADE MASSIVE PAINTINGS- -THEY CARED ABOUT THE PROCESS
OF PAINTING
“ACTION PAINTERS”:- -GESTURAL- -MOVEMENT- -ACTION- DIRECTION- THICK PAINT- -LARGE SCALE- -BOLD BRUSH STROKES
COLOUR FIELD PAINTERS:- -LARGE FIELDS OR
SHAPES OF COLOUR- -FIELDS SEEM TO HOVER OR “FLOAT”- -BLENDED BRUSH
STROKES- -CALM AND GENTLE- -SPIRITUAL- -MEDITATIVE QUALITY
SURREALISM VS ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
SURREALISTS:
-TAP THE SUBCONCIOUS THROUGH AUTOMATICDRAWING & WRITING
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST:
-TAP THE SUBCONCIOUSTHROUGH AUTOMATICDRAWING & PAINTING
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM:THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION OF THE AVANT
GUARD ART?
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ABSTRACTION 1910 EXPRESSIONISM 1920’S
SURREALISM 1930’S
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