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Article: Guardians of the Avant-Garde: the exhibition "Action/Abstraction" examines Abstract Expressionism and its aftermath in light of a longstanding critical rivalry.(ISSUES & COMMENTARY)(Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976)
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- Art in America
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- September 1, 2008
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Abstract Expressionism has engendered its fair share of museum exhibitions, although in recent years those shows have tended to be monographic retrospectives. It would seem difficult to come up with a new approach to an inclusive group show, but "Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976" does. Curated by Norman L. Kleeblatt at the Jewish Museum in New York, the exhibition examines the heyday of Abstract Expressionism and its aftermath through the lens of an art-critical rivalry. Harold Rosenberg (1906-1978) and Clement Greenberg (1909-1994) were the big critical guns of the day. Their opposing influences (we have ...
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