Active new york artists in the 1940s viewed abstract expressionism as a joined style of Barnett newton ['s unspoken fields of colour] and Willem de kooning ['s Violent handeling of the figure]
[Barnett Newton][Willem De Kooning]
These artists were able to relate with a level of abstraction used to portray strong emotions or expression.
Most abstract expressionists denied critical labels and shared the mutual sence of moral purpose and the alienation from society.
Abstract expressionism was the first american visual art to get international status and has been used to influence other artists.
Examples:
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Double Elvis, by Andy Warhol, 1963
The strobe effect was created by using two images of Elvis joining each other by overlapping. There is an oppositte shilouette effectdue to the fact that the background is silver and most features in the subject are black.It kind of reminds me of a film real. This orinigally was part of a longer series of Elvis on canvas however it was later seperated into multiple paintings.
2009 Oxford university Press
http://www.moma.org/collection/theme.php?theme_id=10051
Accessed 17 May 2013
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