Public Art Coordinator — Lesson 1
Abstract Expressionism is the first major American art movement to achieve international influence, emerging in New York in the 1940s. It consists of two broad tendencies: gestural 'action painting' (characterized by energetic, improvisational mark-making) and color field painting (using large areas of color to evoke emotional or spiritual states).
What this asks you
A colleague proposes to classify any 1940s abstract painting as Abstract Expressionism without checking for its New York origin. What is the main issue with this approach?
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