{"product_id":"abstract-expressionism-9783836505178","title":"Abstract Expressionism","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, \u003cstrong\u003eAbstract Expressionism\u003c\/strong\u003e denotes the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression. It emerged in America in the 1940s, with lead protagonists including \u003cstrong\u003eJackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eWillem de Kooning. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Abstract Expressionism spawned many different stylistic tendencies but two particularly prominent sub-categories: action painting, exemplified by de Kooning and Pollock, and color field painting, made most famous by Rothko. Throughout, Abstract Expressionists strove to convey \u003cstrong\u003eemotions and ideas through the making of marks\u003c\/strong\u003e, through forms, textures, shades, and the particular quality of brushstrokes. The movement favored large-scale canvases, and embraced the role of accident or chance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With featured works from 20 key Abstract Expressionist artists, this book introduces the movement which \u003cstrong\u003eshifted the center of art gravity from Paris to New York\u003c\/strong\u003e and remains for many the golden moment of American art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHess, Barbara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Barbara Hess (b. 1964) is an art historian, critic, and translator and resides in Cologne. Her numerous articles on contemporary art have been featured in Camera Austria, Flash Art, Kunst-Bulletin, and Texte zur Kunst. She co-curated the touring exhibition Ready to Shoot: Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum\/videogalerie schum at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607702737170,"sku":"9783836505178","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f511ec1c-0cd2-4209-9d30-564335661b77.jpg?v=1732312402","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/abstract-expressionism-9783836505178","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}