Abstract Expressionism


History >> Abstract Expressionism, sometimes called The New York School, originated in New York’s Greenwich Village in the mid forties. The term was first coined by art critic Robert Coates in 1946. Up until this period most American artists were influenced by art movements in Europe. Abstract Expressionism changed that pattern, becoming the first American art movement to have an influence on Europe. It's important to note that major influeces to the movement, most notably Surrealist Max Ernst and De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian, migrated from Europe to New York after World War II. Their desertion from traditional painting inspired the revolutionary philosophy of the Abstract Expressionists. This philosophy is based on the idea of searching for answers to the questions of human existence. It addresses personal psychological battles, the struggle between man and nature, and the pursuit of spiritual comfort. The psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, who also greatly influenced the Surrealists, provided the intellectual context in this quest for new subject matter. New York replaced Paris as the center of the art world thanks to Abstract Expressionism, and it held prominence until the 1960's with the emergence of Pop Art, specifically Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns.
 
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Style >> Abstract Expressionism emphasized the portrayal of emotions rather than objects. Most painters of the movement preferred large works on canvas, vivid colors, and loose brushwork. It is seen as combining the emotional earnestness and self-expression of the German Expressionists with the anti-figurative aesthetic of the European abstract schools such as the Bauhaus and Futurism. Cubism, specifically Pablo Picasso, was also a major influence with the idea of breaking representational objects down to basic geometrical forms. Abstract Expressionists emphasized the accidents and spontaneity in their work, but usually highly planned their implementation. Mistakes that did happen during the painting process were used to the artist’s advantage. Hans Hoffman and Arshile Gorky were essential in calling attention to the potential for expression in abstraction and the basic physicality of paint. Abstract Expressionism can be broadly divided into two groups: Action Painting and Color Field.
 
Action Painting >> The term "Action Painting" was used for the first time in 1952 by art critic Harold Rosenberg to describe the works of painters Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning. Artists would drip, throw, spatter, and pour paint on to the surface using various tools such as meat basters, pieces of wood, or sticks, along with the more traditional brushes and palette knives. The canvas was seen as an arena, and the process was an epic struggle beween man and material. Painting became an irrational, instinctive and impulsive fragment of existence representing the energy and psyche of the artist. The Action Painting work thus became the form and trace of the living body, conveying intense action and motion. Jackson Pollock would sometimes dress up in different outfits and invite spectators to witness the event.
 

Color Field Painting >> Color-field artists, such as Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, and Clyfford Still, moved toward a more impersonal and intellectual aesthetic. They concentrated on what they considered to be the fundamental formal elements of abstract painting: pure, unmodulated areas of color; flat, two-dimensional space; monumental scale; and the varying shape of the canvas itself. These artists focused on the lyrical effects of large areas of color, often poured or stained onto the canvas. The shades of color were often diluted so as to sink into the canvas. The goal was to eliminate all obstacles between the artist and the idea, and between the idea and the viewer. There is no attempt at representation in the narrative sense; the subject is color.

 
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