abstract expressionists

Does anyone else here think that the work of the American abstract expressionists (De Kooning, Gorky etc.) is amazing? Mani need not

Yes. And Kline, Diebenkorn, Krassner, Pollock, Rothko and Joan

I recently bought a book of Willem De Kooning's work, and it was incredible. While lots of it doesn't seem (*seem* I'm not saying it isn't) technically difficult, it looks so amazing. My favorite ones are his abstract landscape series. Some of them really evoke images of sunsets and other images in my mind. I'm also intrigued by Rothko's color plate series.

I'm really new in the art world, and I'm not real sure what is going on. Are there still lots of abstract expressionists? Or is that movement dead? It seems like all the galleries in the region where I live is full of boring paintings of deserts and cowboys. While I do admire the technical difficulty of much of this art, it just seems aesthetically unappealing.

The movement is not over yet!.....still much to express.

Helen Frankenthaler Elaine DeKooning Mary Frank Anne Truit Jennifer Barlett Nancy Graves

Mani can respond all that he wants to, but you don't have to read it.

Well, I hope it's not dead but...there is a backlash of representational art happening!

Was that just foreplay or was that the whole thing?

Hasn't anyone in this group ever heard of the 'Neo-Expressionists'? Anselm Keifer, Susan Rothenberg?

Sheesh!

Take a 3-credit hour course: 'Introduction to Contemporary Art' P_L_E_A_S_E !!!!!!!!!!!

This AbEx drivel is wearing thin. B_O_R_I

Good call, Scar. I had completely forgotten those guys. Bazlitz made my neck sore, because I kept trying to see if I recognized that upsidedown guy.

But now we have the 'Neo-Retros.' and the 'Odies but newbies.' and the Retro-Successionists.

I know, if that is this guy's whole thought, it's pretty pathetic

It is funny, isn't it. If you have met any interior decorators, you would imagine that nobody could be more 'puffed-up', as you put it, than they are - then you realise that they are simply novices in the matter! Sadly so many people have spent their lives punting only one gimmick. They aren't always 'moronic', but they are very seldom worth more than a few weeks investigation, it is sad to see whole lives employed in this