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The Life of Clyfford Still, the Most “Irascible” Abstract Expressionist

by Naomi Polonsky March 12, 2020March 12, 2020

The documentary Lifeline recounts Still’s life, career, and legacy — and how they were shaped by his cantankerous temperament.

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The Cosmological Musings of Michael West, an American Abstract Expressionist

by Billy Anania December 3, 2019December 6, 2019

The artist, born Corinne Michelle West, is among the forgotten women of the postwar era, who rarely adhered to one style.

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Grace Hartigan and Helene Herzbrun, Two Unorthodox Abstract Expressionists

by Billy Anania September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

Part of the movement’s second generation, the artists embraced personal sentiment in their references to nature and popular culture, resulting in abstractions that are simultaneously experiential and devotional.

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“The Supreme Gift … Is Scale”: Robert Motherwell’s Monumental Paintings

by W T April 29, 2019April 30, 2019

The first exhibition devoted exclusively to the Abstract Expressionist’s vast, mural-sized works is on view at Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York.

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The Met’s Wrong Turn on Revisionism

by David Carrier January 12, 2019January 10, 2019

When an exhibition is as puzzling as this one, it’s useful to step aside and reflect.

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“We Live in a Nuthouse!”: Zero Mostel on Art, Politics and America

by Karen Schiff August 18, 2018August 17, 2018

Mostel perceives that drip paintings can express the scrambled feeling in your mind when you hear the federal government say that you can survive a nuclear war.

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The Common Threads Between Female Quilters and Abstract Expressionists

by Claire Selvin January 12, 2018January 12, 2018

At one time or other these women’s craft was either considered lowbrow or was measured against the work of male contemporaries.

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How Asian-American Artists Made a Mark on Abstract Expressionism

by Danielle Wu January 9, 2018January 10, 2018

Asian-American artists engaged deeply and creatively with Abstract Expressionism, counter to historical views of the movement as a New York monolith.

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How Freedom Was Aestheticized During the Cold War

by Adela Yawitz December 8, 2017December 9, 2017

The House of World Cultures’ exhibition tells the story of the Congress for Cultural Freedom’s use of an aesthetic of freedom, and contextualizes the lasting legacy of modernism within the geopolitical power struggles of the Cold War.

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Two Cy Twombly Exhibitions Marry Myth and Sensual Abstraction

by Joseph Nechvatal February 8, 2017February 8, 2017

By a playful amalgam of semiotics with scatology, Twombly redevised history painting into palimpsest poop.

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The Second Generation Abstract Expressionist Ed Clark

by John Yau January 29, 2017January 30, 2017

Ed Clark’s approach is simple and straightforward, and he has not altered it much over the years. I don’t think he needs to.

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An Ambitious Survey of the Titans of Abstract Expressionism

by Jason Andrew November 4, 2016November 6, 2016

This expansive AbEx show is brash, irreverent, and unconstrained, just like the period it aims to express.

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