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The shape of freedom : international abstraction after 1945

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The shape of freedom : international abstraction after 1945 / exhibition and catalog, Daniel Zamani ; edited by Ortrud Westheider, Michael Philipp, Daniel Zamani ; with contributions by Jeremy Lewison, Gražina Subelytė, Daniel Zamani.

Publication

Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York : Prestel, [2022]
Trento : Printer Trento
©2022

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Description

256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 31 cm.

Summary

"The 1940s marked a turning point in the development of modern painting. World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust had led to a crisis of meaning that gave rise to new artistic currents. With Abstract Expressionism in the United States and Art Informel in Western Europe, a young generation of artists rejected figurative representation and geometric abstraction in favor of an impulsive, expressive approach to form, color, and material. The spontaneous artistic gesture came to symbolize an avowal of individual freedom, while the large-scale canvasses of Color Field Painting sought to create a meditative space, prompting viewers to explore fundamental questions of human existence. As the cultureal flagship of the democratic West, free abstraction also took on a political dimension in the context of the Cold War. The exhibition The Shape of Freedom foregrounds works of Abstract Expressionism and Art Informel as reflections of an existential search for meaning. With over ninety paintings by artists including Helen Frankenthaler, K.O. Götz, Lee Krasner, Georges Mathieu, Jackson Pollock, Judit Reigl, and Mark Rothko, it offers new perspectives on the transatlantic dialogue of postwar abstraction."--

Series Statement

Museum Barberini publication series

Uniform Title

Museum Barberini publication series.

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.

Note

Published to accompany the exhibitions "The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945" held at Museum Barberini, Postdam, June 4 to September 25, 2022; and "Ways of Freedom: Pollock, Rothko, Mitchell" held at Albertina modern, Vienna, October 15, 2022, to January 22, 2023.
Includes work by artists: Hedda Sterne, Jackson Pollock, Janice Biala, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, Norman Bluhm, Franz Kline, Mary Abbott, Deborah Remington, Hans Hofmann, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, Sam Francis, Lee Krasner, Perle Fine, Janet Sobel, Richard Pousette-Dart, Jack Tworkov, Theodoros Stamos, Barnett Newman, Morris Louis, Helen Frankenthaler, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze), Jean Fautrier, Alberto Burri, Jean Dubuffet, Iaroslav Serpan, Antoni Tàpies, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Simon Hantaï, Natalia Dumitresco, Georges Mathieu, Jean Degottex, Manolo Millares, Antonio Saura, Hans Hartung, Judit Reigl, Emilio Vedova, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Winfred Gaul, K. O. Götz, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Fritz Winter, Bernard Schultze, Gerhard Hoehme, Fred Thieler, Otto Piene, and Rupprecht Geiger.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

Text in English.

Exhibitions (note)

"The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945" : June 4-September 25, 2022, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany.
"Ways of Freedom: Pollock, Rothko, Mitchell" : October 15, 2022-January 22, 2023, Albertina modern, Vienna, Austria.

Contents

Lenders -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- The Shape of Freedom? International Abstraction after 1945 / Jeremy Lewison -- Patron of Abstract Expressionism: Peggy Guggenheim and Jackson Pollack / Grazina Subelyte -- A Dialogue of Equals: Abstract Expressionism and Art Informel / Daniel Zamani -- Catalog of Exhibited Works / Daniel Zamani -- Painterly Freedom: Abstract Expressionism -- Immersive Images: Color Field Painting -- Dynamic Processes: Art Informel -- Assimilation and Renegotiation: Postwar Abstraction in West Germany -- Appendix -- "The Realism of Our Time": Artists' Statements, 1931-2002 / compiled by Daniel Zamani -- The Triumph of Abstraction? A Transatlantic Chronology, 1939-1949 / Danile Zamani -- Notes -- List of Exhibited Works -- Selected Bibliography -- Authors -- Image Credits.

Call Number

JQG 22-855

ISBN

3791379488
9783791379487
9783791390826
3791390821

OCLC

1296118390

Title

Publisher

Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York : Prestel, [2022]

Manufacturer

Trento : Printer Trento

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Museum Barberini publication series

Museum Barberini publication series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Text in English.

Exhibitions

"The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945" : June 4-September 25, 2022, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany.

"Ways of Freedom: Pollock, Rothko, Mitchell" : October 15, 2022-January 22, 2023, Albertina modern, Vienna, Austria.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Place of Publication

Germany Munich.

United Kingdom England London.

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Westheider, Ortrud, editor.

Philipp, Michael, 1962- editor.

Zamani, Daniel, editor, author.

Lewison, Jeremy, author.

Subelytė, Gražina, author.

Museum Barberini (Potsdam, Germany), host institution.

Graphische Sammlung Albertina, host institution.

Prestel Verlag, publisher.

Research Call Number

JQG 22-855

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