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This book analyzes art criticism on Abstract Expressionism, lauded as «the triumph of American painting.» It traces the ways in which the movement’s meaning has been construed and constructed in reference to the changing cultural and political framework. Starting from the purely formal analyses of the 1950s and early 1960s, through the radical political statements of the late 1960s and early 1970s, until the later interpretations inspired mainly by gender and postcolonial studies, this book cuts across the domains of politics, philosophy and art criticism. The question of whether Abstract Expressionism was a «path to the Absolute» or a «weapon of the Cold War» is inscribed into the larger debate concerning the links between culture and politics.

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Contents: American culture after 1945 – American painting in the 1950s – The interplay of European and American painting – The philosophical perspectives of Abstract Expressionism – Exclusive universalism of Abstract Expressionism.

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/11/2011
      ISBN13: 9783631606674, 978-3631606674
      ISBN10: 3631606672

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book analyzes art criticism on Abstract Expressionism, lauded as «the triumph of American painting.» It traces the ways in which the movement’s meaning has been construed and constructed in reference to the changing cultural and political framework. Starting from the purely formal analyses of the 1950s and early 1960s, through the radical political statements of the late 1960s and early 1970s, until the later interpretations inspired mainly by gender and postcolonial studies, this book cuts across the domains of politics, philosophy and art criticism. The question of whether Abstract Expressionism was a «path to the Absolute» or a «weapon of the Cold War» is inscribed into the larger debate concerning the links between culture and politics.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: American culture after 1945 – American painting in the 1950s – The interplay of European and American painting – The philosophical perspectives of Abstract Expressionism – Exclusive universalism of Abstract Expressionism.

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