About the Book: From huge canvases with wild splashes of color to calm fields of color: Abstract Expressionism transformed feelings into color and made New York the center of contemporary art. Featuring works by the 20 most important Abstract Expressionists such as Jackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning.
Biography: Barbara Hess (born 1964) lives in Cologne as an art historian, critic, and translator. Since 1994, she has published numerous works on contemporary art, including in "Camera Austria," "Flash Art," "Kunst-Bulletin," and "Texte zur Kunst." Together with Ulrike Groos and Ursula Wevers, she curated the traveling exhibition "Ready to Shoot. Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum/videogalerie schum" (2003/04, at, among others, Kunsthalle Dรผsseldorf, Musรฉe dโArt Moderne de la Ville de Paris).
Pages: 96
AUTHOR: Barbara Hess
First Publication: 15/01/2016
Language of the Book: English
Edition: GB
ISBN: 978-3-8365-0517-8
Themes: Art
Dimensions: 21.0 cm x 26.0 cm, Weight 0.62 kg
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