Description: Reframing Abstract Expressionism by Michael Leja A study of abstract expressionism as seen in the works of Jackson Pollack, Willem de Kooning and other New York School artists in the wake of World War II. The author argues that the work of these artists reflects an attempt to reformulate individual identity through psychology and philosophy. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the wake of World War II, the paintings of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Willem de Kooning, and other New York School artists participated in a culture-wide initiative to reimagine the self. At a time when widely held beliefs about human nature and the human condition were coming to seem to many commentators increasingly outdated and inadequate, Abstract Expressionism gave compelling visual form to a new subjectivity—a new experience and idea of self.In this original and wide-ranging study, Michael Leja argues that the interest of these artists in tapping "primitive" and unconscious components of self aligns them with many contemporary essayists, Hollywood filmmakers, journalists, and popular philosophers who were turning, like the artists, to psychology, anthropology, and philosophy in the effort to reformulate individual identity. Taking Pollocks paintings and their reception as a case study, Leja shows that critics located in Pollocks abstract forms a web of metaphors—including spatial entrapment, conflicted production, energy flow, gendered opposition, and unconsciousness—that situated the paintings in mainstream cultural discourses on the individuals sense of self and identity. In this interpretative frame, the cultural and ideological character of the art is illuminated. According to Leja, Abstract Expressionism effectively enacted and represented the new, conflicted, layered subjectivity, a feature that helps to account for the support and interest it garnered from cultural and political institutions alike. Author Biography Michael Leja is Professor of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of "Reframing Abstract Expressionism: Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s "(1993). Details ISBN0300070829 Author Michael Leja Short Title REFRAMING ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONI Publisher Yale University Press Language English ISBN-10 0300070829 ISBN-13 9780300070828 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Imprint Yale University Press Subtitle Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s Birth 1951 Country of Publication United States Pages 400 Edition Description Revised Place of Publication New Haven DOI 10.1604/9780300070828 AU Release Date 1997-02-27 NZ Release Date 1997-02-27 US Release Date 1997-02-27 UK Release Date 1997-02-27 Illustrations 92 b-w illus. Publication Date 1997-02-27 DEWEY 709.304052 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:6998595;
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Book Title: Reframing Abstract Expressionism: Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s
Item Height: 258mm
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Author: Michael Leja
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Year: 1997
Item Weight: 802g
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
