Jackson Pollock: Works from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and from European Collections - Couverture rigide

Heidelberg, Kehrer Verlag

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 393325793X ISBN 13 : 9783933257932

Editeur : Kehrer Verlag, 2003

Synopsis

"On the floor I am more at ease, I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around in it, work from the four sides and be literally ‘in’ the painting."—Jackson Pollock, 1947

Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) was the commanding figure of American Abstract Expressionism. By the mid-1940s, he was painting in a completely abstract manner, and the "drip and splash" style for which he is best known emerged rather abruptly in 1947. This manner of Action Painting had in common with Surrealist theories of automatism that artists and critics alike supposed it to -result in a direct expression or revelation of the unconscious moods of the artist. Advanced critics strongly supported Pollock, but he was also subject to much abuse and sarcasm; in 1956, Time magazine called him "Jack the Dripper." By the 1960s, however, he was generally recognized as the most important figure in this century’s most important movement in American painting. His unhappy personal life and his premature death in a car crash contributed to his legendary status.

This catalogue book was first published on the occasion of a noted exhibition at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, Germany. It presents important paintings as well as graphic works from the New York Museum of Modern Art and from several European collections, for example, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

Volkmar Essers is curator at the museum Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf. He specializes in and has published on Abstract Expressionism.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Les oeuvres choisies sont conservées principalement par le Museum of Modern Art de New York (MoMA) ainsi qu'à la Tate Gallery de Londres, au Stedelijk Museum d'Amsterdam, au Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, au Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen de Düsseldorf... : 48 oeuvres reproduites en couleurs. Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée par le Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen de Düsseldorf en 1999. Cartonnage illustré

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kehrer Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 393325793X
• ISBN 13: 9783933257932
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible