Women of Abstract Expressionism (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities/Princeton University Press Lec)
£47.50
The artists Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and many other women played major roles in the development of Abstract Expressionism, which flourished in New York and San Francisco in the 1940s and 1950s and has been recognized as the first fully American modern art movement. Though the contributions of these women were central to American art of the twentieth century, their work has not received the same critical attention as that of their male counterparts.
Women of Abstract Expressionism is a long-overdue survey. Lavishly illustrated with full-color plates emphasizing the expressive freedom of direct gesture and process at the core of the movement, this book features biographies of more than forty artists, offering insight into their lives and work. Essays by noted scholars explore the techniques, concerns, and legacies of women in Abstract Expressionism, shedding light on their unique experiences. This groundbreaking book reveals the richness of the careers of these important artists and offers keen new reflections on their work and the movement as a whole.
Published in association with the Denver Art Museum
Exhibition Schedule:
Mint Museum, Charlotte, N.C.
(10/22/16–01/22/17)
Palm Springs Art Museum
(02/18/17–05/28/17)
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Additional information
| Publisher | Yale University Press (5 July 2016) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 216 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0300208421 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0300208429 |
| Dimensions | 30.99 x 26.16 x 2.54 cm |
by E. C. F. Ablett
lovely book
by J. McDonald ????????????????????????????
At long last someone has moved to address the balance and mounted an exhibition of those women artists who were part of this movement!
More to the point, we now have a quality, hardback volume that not only covers the 12 artists who were in the exhibition, but expands on that with the inclusion of biographies and examples of works by many others, documenting over 40 artists.
The illustrations are very good, many of large size, some double-page spreads; there are around 138 in full-colour, supplemented by about 50 black and white illustrations and photographs.
The texts consist of five illuminating essays and an interview with influential art historian/critic Irving Sandler; the book also scores highly by including West Coast artists in the mix, as San Francisco had an important art scene that paralleled New York.
This volume is very timely given the current Abstract Expressionist show running at the RA – September through to 2nd January 2017; a reassessment of the movement and it’s influence is long overdue – and it starts here, with fair acknowledgement of all those excluded by academics either by accident or design.
This is an essential book to have if you are even remotely interested in abstract painting or the Abstract Expressionist period.
by Amanda Jenkinson
This is a fabulous book for any art lover. It’s the catalogue of a 2016 exhibition at the Denver Art Museum, entitled Women of Abstract Expressionism, a group of painters who have been to a large extent written out of art history, and overlooked compared to their male counterparts. There are more than 40 artists represented in this lavishly illustrated volume, with essays by experts and academics. I found it a real joy to discover so many women painters, and even though Abstract Expressionism isn’t my favourite genre by any means it was exciting to discover so much more about the movement itself and the women who were part of it.
by The Cognologist
What image is conjured up when you think of Abstract Expressionism? This is a wonderful book about this blind spot in art history that hid the creative talents of a very large number of women. For me the book helped me appreciate a richer constellation of abstract expressionist talent. Artistic creativity knows no bounds whether gender as in this case, or ethnicity and race. I think the one area that is now troubling is ageism — emergent artists are not always young. Indeed, late-onset creativity is a power event for many older people who discover creativity later in life.
by Kaywire
A present for a friend – she loved it.
by thevulturespeaks
It’s high time women AbEx painters got their dues. While the work of some of the men now looks over-promoted and overestimated (e.g. Clifford Still, Barnett Newman imho) that of many of the women has undoubtedly been under-exposed and undervalued. Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning and Helen Frankenthaler have been widely celebrated, but art history (and the auction market) has yet to fully compensate many others for the relative obscurity they and their reputations endured in the shade of the macho blaze of mid-century American painting (and since). In addition to the above-named there’s lots to impress and enjoy here, in particular (again imo) the work of Mary Abbott, Grace Hartigan and Sonia Getchoff, who seem to me to have been very fine painters indeed. Well-illustrated, comprehensive, informative, even if it’s probably stretched a little too thin for the sake of inclusivity.
by Jehanne Le Quesne
This is a lovely book, which features a lot of artists whose work I hadn’t seen before, as well as more well-known painters, such as Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner and Helen Frankenthaler. Lots of space given to the paintings as well as interesting information and articles.