New York Abstract Artists
Most of the abstract expressionists lived in new york and met at the cedar tavern in greenwich village.
New york abstract artists. Founded in 1984 by an artist agora gallery is a contemporary art gallery dedicated to the promotion of national and international artists seeking exposure to the new york art market. Therefore the movement is also called the new york school. During the 1930s and early 1940s aaa provided exhibition opportunities when few existed. Pulling from an otherworldly place and using multiple layers of paint and glaze i hope to bring forth a personal storya visual stream of sub consciousness.
1954 cindy sherman made a name for herself with her untitled film stills 1977 1980 a series of self portrait photographs of her acting out 20 th century pop culture female cliches. Her compositions were edged with the movements high octane gestures as well as her own frustration with the marginalization of female artists. Karadi makes work by creating stencil like compositions out of masking tape cardboard and other. Her work examines womens roles throughout history and in contemporary society and can be related to other modern artists and their abstract paintings of faces.
Besides the painters and sculptors of the period the new york school of abstract expressionism also generated a number of supportive poets including frank ohara and photographers such as aaron siskind and fred mcdarrah whose book the artists world in pictures documented the new york school during the 1950s and filmmakersnotably robert frank as well. De kooning was a fixture of new yorks tight knit abstract expressionist cohort which included her husband willem de kooning though she set herself apart by making portraits. Christopher wool emerged onto the new york art. A good number of the artists met through the depression era wpa works progressproject administration a government program that paid artists to paint murals in government buildings.
Nothing goes to waste in the practice of this new york artists work. Artists 35 and under you should know. American abstract artists was founded in 1936 in new york city at a time when abstract art was met with strong critical resistance. Michele hopes to bring forth a personal story a visual stream of sub consciousness in her paintings.
He layers canvases with paint. Michele tragakiss is an east coast based abstract artist. 10 new artists to watch in abstract painting kika karadifollow.