Rereading Abstract Expressionism, Clement Greenberg and the Cold War

Rereading Abstract Expressionism, Clement Greenberg and the Cold War
Author: Daniel Neofetou
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2021-09-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1501358391


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Since the 1970s, it has been argued that Abstract Expressionism was exhibited abroad by the post-war US establishment in an attempt to culturally match and reinforce its newfound economic and military dominance. The account of Abstract Expressionism developed by the American critic Clement Greenberg is often identified as central to these efforts. However, this book rereads Greenberg's account through Theodor Adorno and Maurice Merleau-Ponty in order to contend that Greenberg's criticism in fact testifies to how Abstract Expressionism opposes the ends to which it was deployed. With reference not only to the most famous artists of the movement, but also female artists and artists of colour whom Greenberg himself neglected, such as Joan Mitchell and Norman Lewis, it is argued that, far from reinforcing the capitalist status quo, Abstract Expressionism engages corporeal and affective elements of experience dismissed or delegitimated by capitalism, and promises a world that would do justice to them.


Rereading Abstract Expressionism, Clement Greenberg and the Cold War
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Daniel Neofetou
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-23 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Since the 1970s, it has been argued that Abstract Expressionism was exhibited abroad by the post-war US establishment in an attempt to culturally match and rein
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Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Daniel Neofetou
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-23 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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