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Essay Archive - Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism
"What about the reality of the everyday world and the reality of
painting? They are not the same realities. What is this creative thing that
you have struggled to get and where did it come from? What reference or
value does it have, outside of the painting itself?" Ad Reinhardt, in a
group discussion at Studio 35, in 1950.
My essay starts with the origin and the birth of this great expression
in the twentieth century. This movement not only touched painting, it had
an affect on various aspects of art-poetry, architecture, theater, film,
photography.
Vasily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich and Pie....
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