“Abstract Expressionist New York” at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC highlights work from some of the most influential artists of the 40’s thru the 60’s that gravitated to one spot with “…a merger of ideas and styles called abstract expressionism and made New York the center of the art world…”
The MoMA presentation is “a vibrant, energizing show that’s far more than a greatest-hits collection. Sure, you’ll recognize some of the 250 or so works here — Pollock’s drip paintings, Louise Nevelson’s black boxes, Barnett Newman’s stripes. But with them are works by less familiar artists (William Baziotes, Bradley Walker Tomlin) plus early pieces by the masters we know.”
“Abstract Expressionist New York” – Until April 2011
Museum of Modern Art, NYC
(Images: “Number 1A” , 1948 Jackson Pollock and “Woman”, 1950 Willem de Kooning)