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The last major collective Abstract Expressionism exhibition in the UK took place in 1959. This publication, and the exhibition it accompanies, examines the origins of the movement and seeks to re-evaluate it, recognising its complex and fluid reality, and encompassing sculptors as well as some of th...
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Royal Academy of Arts,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The last major collective Abstract Expressionism exhibition in the UK took place in 1959. This publication, and the exhibition it accompanies, examines the origins of the movement and seeks to re-evaluate it, recognising its complex and fluid reality, and encompassing sculptors as well as some of the most famous painters of the twentieth century. |
| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 24, 2016-January 2, 2017, and at the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, February 3-June 4, 2017. |
| Carrier Form: | 317 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index. |
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9781910350300 1910350303 9781910350317 1910350311 |
| Index Number: | N6512 |
| CLC: | J231-28 |
| Call Number: | J231-28/A164 |
| Contents: | An unending equation / David Anfam -- 'A new spirit of freedom' : abstract expressionism in Europe in the aftermath of war / Jeremy Lewison -- An improvised community / Carter Ratcliff -- Feminism for the most masculine : how two women launched an art market / Susan Davidson -- Catalogue plates. Painting and sculpture ; Works on paper and photography. |