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New York museum explores Abstract Expressionism
9 Dec 2010
People with a passion for art can check out an exhibition exploring Abstract Expressionism during breaks in New York over the coming months.
The show was launched at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in October and will run until 25 April 2011.
It is inspired by a movement that began in the late 1940s, when critic Robert Coates first used the term 'abstract expressionism' to describe the colourful canvases of Hans Hofmann.
Today, the description is most closely associated with the work of influential and enduring artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning and Barnett Newman.
Work by these and other figures began to enter the MoMA collection in the 1940s, under the aegis of then-director Alfred H Barr Jr.
The current exhibition is drawn entirely from the museum's extensive archive and shows how a generation of exciting artists placed New York City at the heart of the international art world in the 1950s.
Opodo cheap flights, hotels and car hire - let the journey begin!
The show was launched at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in October and will run until 25 April 2011.
It is inspired by a movement that began in the late 1940s, when critic Robert Coates first used the term 'abstract expressionism' to describe the colourful canvases of Hans Hofmann.
Today, the description is most closely associated with the work of influential and enduring artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning and Barnett Newman.
Work by these and other figures began to enter the MoMA collection in the 1940s, under the aegis of then-director Alfred H Barr Jr.
The current exhibition is drawn entirely from the museum's extensive archive and shows how a generation of exciting artists placed New York City at the heart of the international art world in the 1950s.
Opodo cheap flights, hotels and car hire - let the journey begin!
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