The Jewish Museum, New York, and Yale University Press accompanies the exhibition Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976.
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? How did they draw on earlier art forms even as they forged new styles and methods? And what were the cultural forces that rallied public interest in Abstract Expressionism and sparked rancorous debate about it?
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. The essays, by distinguished contributors in a number of fields, trace the influence of Abstract Expressionism into the mid-1970s and its connection to subsequent art styles; examine the movement's place within the literary and intellectual culture of New York; explore contemporary attitudes toward sculpture and representation; and consider the relation of Jewish issues to postwar American art. The book also features a magisterial essay by the eminent critic Irving Sandler and a copiously illustrated cultural timeline by Maurice Berger.
ACTION/ABSTRACTION CATALOGUE
Edited by Norman Kleeblatt with essays by Debra Bricker Balken, Morris Dickstein, Douglas Dreishpoon, Charlotte Eyerman, Mark Godfrey, Carolyn A. Jones, Norman L. Kleeblatt, and Irving Sandler.
Published by Yale University Press in association with
The Jewish Museum, New York.
332 Pages
ISBN-10: 0300122152
ISBN-13: 978-0300122152
The catalogue is available in the Saint Louis Art Museum Shop and through the online store.
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Edited by Norman Kleeblatt with essays by Debra Bricker Balken, Morris Dickstein, Douglas Dreishpoon, Charlotte Eyerman, Mark Godfrey, Carolyn A. Jones, Norman L. Kleeblatt, and Irving Sandler.
Published by Yale University Press in association with
The Jewish Museum, New York.
332 Pages
ISBN-10: 0300122152
ISBN-13: 978-0300122152
The catalogue is available in the Saint Louis Art Museum Shop and through the online store.
Click Here to Purchase Hard-Bound Version Online ($65.00) >>
Click Here to Purchase Paperback Version Online ($40.95) >>
PICTURED WORKS OF ART
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David Smith, American, 1906–1965; Cubi XIV, 1963; stainless steel; 125 1/2 x 78 x 30 3/4 inches;
Saint Louis Art Museum, Friends Fund 32:1979; Art © Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
WORKS OF ART ON CATALOGUE COVER
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Detail of: Jackson Pollock, American, 1912–1956; Convergence, 1952; oil on canvas; 93 1/2 x 155 inches; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., Gift of Seymour H. Knox Jr., 1956; © 2008 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Detail of: Willem de Kooning, American (born Netherlands), 1904–1997; Gotham News, 1955; oil on canvas; 69 x 79 inches; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., Gift of Seymour H. Knox Jr., 1955; © 2008 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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David Smith, American, 1906–1965; Cubi XIV, 1963; stainless steel; 125 1/2 x 78 x 30 3/4 inches;
Saint Louis Art Museum, Friends Fund 32:1979; Art © Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NYWORKS OF ART ON CATALOGUE COVER
(top image of cover)
Detail of: Jackson Pollock, American, 1912–1956; Convergence, 1952; oil on canvas; 93 1/2 x 155 inches; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., Gift of Seymour H. Knox Jr., 1956; © 2008 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
(bottom image of cover)
Detail of: Willem de Kooning, American (born Netherlands), 1904–1997; Gotham News, 1955; oil on canvas; 69 x 79 inches; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., Gift of Seymour H. Knox Jr., 1955; © 2008 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York