Post World War II Art

Non Representational Abstraction

Action Painting
- The artist seeks a unique method to convey the paint to the canvas rather than "place" it in a traditional manner
- Rhythm and dynamism through flick, splattered, or thrown paint
  - Pollock - Lavander Mist
Color-field Painting
- Areas of color explored at the exclusion of distracting features such as objects
- Stagnancy through broad areas of color
  - Hofmann - Memoria in Aeternum
  - Frankenthaler - Formation
  - Rothko - Green and Maroon
  - Rothko - Yellow Band
  - Newman - Vir Heroicus Sublimis

Pop

Uniquely American sensibility
- Pop culture is the inspiration rejecting the European tradition
- Industrial mediums replace think and thin paint<span class="text">It appears that you are running an older version of Netscape. Consider upgrading to the latest version (or Internet Explorer) to fully benifit from my web site.</span>
Overriding our indifference through marketing aggressiveness
Kitsch and doing bad well
- Warhol - Green Coca-Cola Bottles
- Warhol - Green Marilyn
- Lichtenstein - M'maybe
- Velvet Underground

(Photo) Realism

A photographic sensibility
Reflecting light and shinny surfaces
Supra-real - Perspectives effects in painting
- Estes - Downtown
- Estes - Nedick's
In Sculpture

More extensive and full-sized art works may be seen in the Gallery