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Introduction
First I am going to give you the basic information about the mentality of Abstract Expressionism. Then I will talk about the relationship between Abstract Expressionism and Photography, using Aaron Siskind as an example to demonstrate. ...
It is impossible to estimate how much they affected American art
but the fact remains that in the 1940s and 50s, for the first time, American artists became internationally important with their new vision and new artistic vocabulary, known as Abstract Expressionism. ...
Abstract expressionism is characterized by a lack of representation and by an emotional approach to a concept that is essentially expressionist.
The painters who came to be called “Abstract Expressionists” shared a similarity of outlook
an outlook characterized by a spirit of revolt and a belief in freedom of expression.
As Barnett Newman, a prominent American Abstract Expressionist painter, stated,
“We are reasserting man’s natural desire for the exalted, for a concern with our relationship to the absolute emotions. ... ”
The Abstract Expressionists addressed the great questions of human existence. ...
For the Abstract Expressionists, understanding the process of painting meant understanding something at the core of the human desire to express oneself. ...
(Transition: Now that you know the concept behind Abstract Expressionism, let’s move on to the relationship between the movement and photography.)
A number of abstract artists found photography as the most progressive means of expression.
Approximate Word count = 1072
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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