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The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945

Edited by Michael Philipp, Edited by Ortrud Westheider, Edited by Daniel Zamani

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Following World War II, Western painting went in completely new directions. A young generation of artists turned their backs on the dominant styles of the interwar period: Instead of figurative representation or geometric abstraction, painters in the orbit of Abstract Expressionism in the US and Art Informel in Western Europe pursued a radically impulsive approach to form, color, and material. As an expression of individual freedom, the spontaneous artistic gesture gained symbolic significance. Large-scale color-field compositions created a meditative space for ruminating the fundamental questions of human existence. The exhibition and catalogue examine the two sister movements against the background of a vibrant transatlantic exchange, from the 1940s through to the end of the Cold War. This lavishly illustrated volume brings together works by more than 50 artists, amongst them Alberto Burri, Jean Dubuffet, Helen Frankenthaler, K. O. Götz, Franz Kline, Lee Krasner, Georges Mathieu, Joan Mitchell, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Judit Reigl, Mark Rothko, Hedda Sterne, Clyfford Still, and Jack Tworkov.

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Publisher | Prestel
Published date | 7 Jul 2022
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 296
Dimensions | 308 x 251 x 28mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 1831g
ISBN | 978-3-7913-7948-7
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BISAC | art / collections, catalogs, exhibitions


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