Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Action, gesture, paint : women artists and global abstraction 1940-70
Women artists and global abstraction 1940-70
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| Other authors / contributors: | Smith, Laura, 1983- editor.
Whitechapel Art Gallery, host institution.
Fondation Vincent van Gogh--Arles, host institution.
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, host institution.
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| ISBN: | 9780854883134
0854883134
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| Notes: | Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Whitechapel Gallery, London, February 9-May 7, 2023; Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, June 3-October 22, 2023; and Kunsthalle Bielefeld, December 2, 2023-March 3, 2024.
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary: | "At a time when the world was processing the anxieties of the Second World War and navigating a backdrop of deeply conflicted political climates, artists began to express their concerns in a new form of art that embraced personal and political freedom. Ironically, the reach of this 'freedom' has been limited to the white, male, and Western perspective. The overlooked narrative of gestural abstraction is kaleidoscopic, broad in its geographical breadth, in its definition and, crucially, it is female. The book features over eighty artists including American artists Lee Krasner (1908-1984) and Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), alongside lesser-known figures such as Mozambican-Italian artist Bertina Lopes (1924-2012) and South Korean artist Wook-kyung Choi (1940-1985). Exhibition: Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (17.01. - 07.05.2023)."--
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