{"product_id":"the-shape-of-freedom-international-abstraction-after-1945-hardcover","title":"The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction After 1945 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Philipp\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eOrtrud Westheider\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Zamani\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book gives new insights into the flowering of radical abstraction after 1945, focussing on the creative interplay between painters in the wider orbit of Abstract Expressionism and Art Informel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing World War II, Western painting went in completely new directions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young generation of artists turned their backs on the dominant styles of the interwar period: Instead of figurative representation or geometric abstraction, painters in the orbit of Abstract Expressionism in the US and Art Informel in Western Europe pursued a radically impulsive approach to form, color, and material. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an expression of individual freedom, the spontaneous artistic gesture gained symbolic significance. Large-scale color-field compositions created a meditative space for ruminating the fundamental questions of human existence. The exhibition and catalogue examine the two sister movements against the background of a vibrant transatlantic exchange, from the 1940s through to the end of the Cold War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis lavishly illustrated volume brings together works by more than 50 artists, amongst them Alberto Burri, Jean Dubuffet, Helen Frankenthaler, K. O. Götz, Franz Kline, Lee Krasner, Georges Mathieu, Joan Mitchell, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Judit Reigl, Mark Rothko, Hedda Sterne, Clyfford Still, and Jack Tworkov. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eORTRUD WESTHEIDER is director of the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMICHAEL PHILIPP is chief curator of the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDANIEL ZAMANI is curator at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 11.9 x 9.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766084796704,"sku":"9783791379487","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d691e82f148b81cbd594a4515a186f9e.webp?v=1780285054","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-shape-of-freedom-international-abstraction-after-1945-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}