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Creative Director — Lesson 2

Abstract Expressionism is a major American art movement that emerged in New York in the 1940s, characterized by two primary tendencies: gestural 'action painting' and color field painting. Action painting involves energetic, improvisational mark-making, while color field painting utilizes large areas of color to evoke emotional or spiritual states.

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Which tendency best describes Jackson Pollock’s 1950 work "One: Number 31"?

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