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Abstract expressionism / edited by David Anfam.

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Royal Academy of Arts, 2016.

Art, Abstract -- Exhibitions.

Abstract expressionism -- Exhibitions.

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.

9781910350300 (hc.)

9781910350317 (pbk.)

317 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 24, 2016-January 2, 2017, and at the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, February 3-June 4, 2017

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index.

An unending equation / David Anfam -- 'A new spirit of freedom' : abstract expressionism in Europe in the aftermath of war / Jeremy Lewison -- An improvised community / Carter Ratcliff -- Feminism for the most masculine : how two women launched an art market / Susan Davidson -- Catalogue plates. Painting and sculpture ; Works on paper and photography.

Abstract Expressionism will forever be associated with the energy and vibrancy of 1950s New York. Artists injected a new sense of confidence in painting, experimenting with improvisation, spontaneity and color. This publication and the exhibition it accompanies seek to reevaluate the movement, making the case that far from being unified, Abstract Expressionism was in fact complex and ever-changing. The volume includes works by the most celebrated artists associated with the movement - not just Pollock, Rothko and de Kooning, but also Kline, Newman, Still, Smith, Reinhardt and Gorky. Sculptors such as David Smith and photographers such as Aaron Siskind are also represented. With texts by well-known experts in the field.

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Museo Guggenheim Bilbao.

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