Abstract expressionism
By: edited by David Anfam ; [texts: David Anfam, Jeremy Lewison, Carter Ratcliff, Susan Davidson]
Contributors: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain); Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781910350300; 9781910350317
Subjects: Abstract Art; Abstract expressionism; Modern Art; Exhibitions; Abstract Painting
Description: The last major collective Abstract Expressionism exhibition in the UK took place in 1959. This publication, and the exhibition it accompanies, examines the origins of the movement and seeks to re-evaluate it, recognising its complex and fluid reality, and encompassing sculptors as well as some of the most famous painters of the twentieth century.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 24, 2016-January 2, 2017, and at the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, February 3-June 4, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: An unending equation / David Anfam; title: 'A new spirit of freedom' : abstract expressionism in Europe in the aftermath of war / Jeremy Lewison; title: An improvised community / Carter Ratcliff; title: Feminism for the most masculine : how two women launched an art market / Susan Davidson; title: Catalogue plates. Painting and sculpture ; Works on paper and photography.