Fondation Beyeler
Basel
Baselstrasse 101, Riehen
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Action Painting
dal 26/1/2008 al 11/5/2008

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Fondation Beyeler



 
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26/1/2008

Action Painting

Fondation Beyeler, Basel

The exhibition is devoted to aspects of gestural painting from 1945 to 1965. As the history of modern painting ran its course, works of art began ever more clearly to reflect artists' individuality. Paintings increasingly took on the character of a record of their personality, as expressed through the movements of their painting hand. On view are selected works by Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky, Wols, Morris Louis, Sam Francis, Pierre Soulages, Lee Krasner, and many others.


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Our exhibition "Action Painting" is devoted to aspects of gestural painting from 1945 to 1965. As the history of modern painting ran its course, works of art began ever more clearly to reflect artists' individuality. Paintings increasingly took on the character of a record of their personality, as expressed through the movements of their painting hand. This development culminated in the gestural painting of the postwar period, especially in that of Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), whose abstract compositions inspired the term "Action Painting."

The canvas became a field of action, of a more or less spontaneous performance. This phe-nomenon was seen both in the United States and Europe, if under different preconditions. On view in the exhibition will be selected works by Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky, Wols, Morris Louis, Sam Francis, Pierre Soulages, Lee Krasner, and many others.

Fondation Beyeler
Baselstrasse 101 - Basel

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