Action/gesture/paint : women artists and global abstraction 1940-70
2023
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Drawing on the avant-garde movements of both expressionism and surrealism, the women of abstract expressionism redefined artistic practice as an immersive arena for action, process and consciousness. Their paintings were regarded not as images but as events. Although the movement officially began in mid-century USA, it quickly - through myriad means - spread around the world and became a catalyst for redefining ideas around aesthetics, poetry, philosophy and politics. This publication, accompanying a major European touring exhibition, includes works by 40 artists from across the globe, from well-known practitioners such as Carmen Herrera, Etel Adnan, Sandra Blow and Helen Frankenthaler, to lesser-known names from countries such as Australia, China, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, Mozambique, Romania and Venezuela.
Main title:
Action/gesture/paint : women artists and global abstraction 1940-70 / editor, Laura Smith.
Author:
Smith, Laura, 1983-, editorWhitechapel Art Gallery, host institutionFondation Vincent van Gogh--Arles, host institutionKunsthalle Bielefeld, host institution
Imprint:
London : Whitechapel Gallery, 2023.
Collation:
272 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 31 cm
Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Whitechapel Gallery, London, 9 February-7 May 2023; Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, 3 June-22 October 2023; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 2 December 2023-3 March 2024.Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780854883134 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2355718