Abstract Expressionism By David Anfam

Abstract expressionism will forever be associated with the energy and vibrancy of 1950s new york.

Abstract expressionism by david anfam. Susan davidson is a senior curator at the solomon r. They are a great series to provide you with an overview of the various art genres and this book is no exception. Guggenheim museum new york. David anfams abstract expressionism is as good an introduction to 20th century american art as youll find anywhere.

Despite its concise length abstract expressionism manages to cover the subject in depth as well as breadth. The book has a decent amount of text and mixture of both colour and black white images. The most important art movement since the second world war abstract expressionism revolutionized the way americans viewed art and culture alike. Carter ratcliff is an art critic writer and poet and the author of numerous books on art.

Artists injected a new sense of confidence in painting experimenting with improvisation spontaneity and color. David anfam is author of the now standard 1990 textbook abstract expressionism. Jeremy lewison is former director of collections at tate. Abstract expressionism is arguably the most important art movement since the second world war.

Curator and critic david anfams crucial exploration of the abstract expressionist movement updated to include scholarship of the past decade and a half. Works on canvas 1998 which won the mitchell prize in 2000 as well as studies on anish kapoor edward kienholz and wayne thiebaud. In this important and insightful book art historian dr. This bold publication and the major 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.

Abstract expressionism in other words remains the measure of success against which modern and contemporary american art is judged as art as art history as blue chip commodities. This is a review for the abstract expressionism world of art 1990 edition i own several world of art books. Abstract expressionism is a term applied to a movement in american painting that flourished in new york city after world war ii sometimes referred to as the new york school or more narrowly as action painting. He is the senior consulting curator at the clyfford still museum in denver and the director of its research center.

His publications include abstract expressionism 1990 the catalogue raisonne mark rothko. David anfam captures the era whilst concurrently offering innovative visual insight into the actual art work. Drawing on a vast array of scholarly research david anfam examines the politically radical spirit of a nucleus of artists who transgressed the traditional forms of american art and faced the tensions of a modernizing society.