Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 (Jewish Museum)

Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 (Jewish Museum)
by Maurice Berger

Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 (Jewish Museum)
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Author: Maurice Berger
Editor: Norman L. Kleeblatt
Contributor: Norman L. Kleeblatt
Contributor: Debra Bricker Balken
Contributor: Caroline A. Jones
Contributor: Irving Sandler
Contributor: Charlotte Eyerman
Contributor: Douglas Dreishpoon
Contributor: Morris Dickstein
Contributor: Mark Godfrey
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-30
ISBN: 0300122152
Number of pages: 344
Publisher: Yale University Press

Book Reviews of Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 (Jewish Museum)

Book Review: Didn't catch the exhibit?
Summary: 5 Stars

Action/Abstraction was an incredible exhibit. It covered a familiar time period and well-known artists, but from a wonderfully new perspective. If you are interested in the history of art history, I highly suggest spending some time reviewing this catalog.

Summary of Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 (Jewish Museum)

The abstract paintings of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Lee Krasner, Clyfford Still, Helen Frankenthaler, and others revolutionized the art world in the 1940s and 1950s and continue to inspire passionate arguments to this day. What were these artists?trying to achieve? Who were the critical voices of the time that rallied public interest in Abstract Expressionism and sparked rancorous debate? ?

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Drawing on recent critical, historical, and biographical work, this lavishly illustrated book offers a sharp new focus on a pivotal art movement. It also presents an extensive commentary on the two most influential critics of postwar American art-Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg-whose powerful views shaped perceptions?of Abstract?Expressionism and other contemporary art movements. In one essay, Norman L. Kleeblatt traces the influence of Abstract Expressionism into the mid-1970s and examines its connection to subsequent art styles. Other essays range from?the literary and intellectual culture of New York during that period and an analysis of sculpture and representation to a discussion of Jewish issues in relation to postwar American Art. In addition, the book features a magisterial essay by eminent critic Irving Sandler and a copiously illustrated cultural timeline by Maurice Berger.

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