Abstract Expressionism

November 7, 2017

Collective unconscious! Nihilism! The C.I.A.??? Abstract Expressionism is some heeeeeeavy business. Join the Babes as they unpack this celebrated art movement and examine works by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Helen Frankenthaler.

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Sources 

Arnason, H.H., Elizabeth C. Mansfield. History of Modern Art. Pearson, 2009.

Eva Cockcroft. “Abstract Expressionism, Weapon of the Cold War.” ArtForum, no. 12. 1974.

Dickerson, Madelynn. The Handy Art History Answer Book. Visible Ink Press, 2013.

Sedivi, Amy Elisabeth. “Unveiling the Unconscious: The Influence if Jungian Psychology on Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko” (2009). Honors Thesis. http://publish.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1293&context=honorstheses

Links

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-color-field-painting.htm

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/helen-frankenthaler-burnt-orange-roof

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/willem-de-kooning-woman-i-1950-52-2

http://www.slowart.com/articles/cia.htm