10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACTION PAINTING»
Discover the use of
action painting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
action painting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Action Painting: Bringing Art to the Trains
All works presented in this book no longer exist. Gone for good, washed off the sides of the trains, sometimes only hours after they were first created.
2
Pollock and After: The Critical Debate
The politics of action painting were determined by the failure of the proletarian
revolution and its continuing regeneration within the dialectical dynamism of
capitalism, with acting out the possibility of radically transforming the situation,
while ...
3
The Merleau-Ponty Aesthetics Reader: Philosophy and
Painting
Philosophy and Painting Galen A. Johnson, Michael B. Smith. ACTION PAINTING
AND THE WORLD -AS- PICTURE ters stand with regard to modern art,
Heidegger, in his 1 966 Der Spiegel interview says that "whatever modern art
portends is ...
Galen A. Johnson, Michael B. Smith, 1993
4
Body Art/performing the Subject
For Rosenberg, an earlier Marxist who developed a strong existentialist bent after
World War II, abstract expressionism is "action painting" — it is an act of
performance within the "arena" of the canvas, As I suggested at the beginning of
this ...
5
The Oxford Dictionary of Art
In addition to being versatile, acrylics are less susceptible to heat and damp than
traditional media, but in the 1990s some doubts began to be expressed about
their permanence. Action Painting. A type of dynamic, impulsive painting in which
...
6
Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets
actualism clue to what Rosenberg expected the viewer to look for in action
painting (“American Action Painters” 23); it became synonymous with gestural
painting, particularly the slashing brushwork of willem de kooNiNG, who “
provided the ...
7
Reading Comprehension For The Cat
Immediately in order that the reader should not think of action painting as merely
another form of surrealism, the writer stresses and explains the difference
beginning. . . "While Surrealist automatism . . . consisted of scribblings recorded
without ...
8
The Most Radical Act: Harold Rosenberg, Barnett Newman and ...
Starting with Harold Rosenberg, I will consider his criticism and with this Action
Painting, the primary term by which he is identified, as an engagement with and
articulation of socialist theory and politics. This will be a dramatic turn indeed, ...
9
Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Concise Global History
Artists on Art Jackson Pollock on Action Painting The kind of physical interaction
between the painter and the canvas that Jackson Pollock championed led the
critic Harold Rosenberg (1896–1989) to label Pollock's work (FIG. 15-4) action ...
10
Avant-Gardes and Partisans Reviewed
Action painting, for Rosenberg, was painting about the possibility of a radical
change that had not happened in the 1930s and 1940s - far from it - and could
not happen in the 1950s. It was a possibility that neither he nor his 'American
Action ...
Fred Orton, Griselda Pollock, 1996
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACTION PAINTING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
action painting is used in the context of the following news items.
Any colour you want, as long as it's black
The materials used to create this throbbing masterpiece of action painting are listed as “oil paint, enamel paint, string and cigarette fragments ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
“Dinner with Jackson Pollock” Captures Different Side of the Artist
Was it was bound to appear? Already out there are Jackson Pollock monographs, bio-pics, including documentaries, action painting-inspired ... «The Sag Harbor Express, Jul 15»
Who Are the Most Influential Artists in America?
... Burwell's aesthetic is equal parts Jackson Pollock action painting and Matisse cutout, with sprinklings of color feld, op art, Pop Art, and other ... «Los Angeles Confidential, Jun 15»
Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots, Tate Liverpool, review: 'a last hurrah'
Jackson Pollock in the process of "action painting" (Image: Hans Namuth). The Black Paintings don't tend to figure prominently, if at all, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
When the Washington Color School earned its stripes on the …
Artists elsewhere also reacted against the grip of “action painting.” Some turned to popular imagery (pop), others to stripped-down geometric ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
Evolving into Spontaneity: Brent Godfrey
While Godfrey's use of gestural brushwork, drips, and flecks of color recalls the impromptu nature of action painting, there's a logic at work here ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jun 15»
Jackson Pollock, Ben Rivers, John Waters: this week's new exhibitions
A rebel to the last, he wrested his trademark action painting from art-historical acceptance and revivified it with autobiographical figurative ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
'Cy Twombly: Late Paintings 2003-2011,' by Nela Pavlouskova
He was always much influenced by graffiti, calligraphy, action painting — all techniques that depend on the gestural and that cause the ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Our top international art picks this week: Jack the Dripper's darker …
Jackson Pollock pioneered what is now known as “action painting” — dripping paint on canvasses that were laid on his studio floor. «The National, Jun 15»
artnet Asks: Josh Reames on Instagram, Astrophysics, and Kanye …
His works consciously employ commonly used artistic techniques, such as trompe-l'oeil, action painting, graphic design, screenprinting, and ... «artnet News, Jun 15»
