Abstract Expressionism: Other Politics; Author: Gibson, Ann Eden; Paperback

Author: Gibson, Ann Eden
Paperback; 59 Colour Plates, 132 B&w Illustrations
282 pages
Published: January 2000
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300080727

The Abstract Expressionist movement has long been bound up in the careers and lifestyles of about twelve white male artists who exhibited in New York in the 1940s. In this book Ann Eden Gibson reconsiders the history of the movement by investigating other artists -- people of color, women, and gays and lesbians -- whose versions of abstraction have been largely ignored until now.A reconsideration of the history of the movement by investigating artists whose work has been largely ignored until now. Abstract Expressionism has long been bound up with the careers and lifestyles of about 12 white male artists who exhibited in New York in the 1940s. This text reconsiders the history of the movement by investigating other largely-ignored artists - people of colour, women, and gays and lesbians.