The term action painting was coined by critic Harold Rosenberg in a groundbreaking 1952 article entitled «The American Action Painters «[2] that described a style of painting in which the physical act of painting was central to the work and the painting was not preplanned. (clyffordstillmuseum.org)
Like Oehlen, the physical act of painting is the dominant subject matter in Christopher Wool's Untitled (2004). (fadmagazine.com)
For the Oxidations (1977 - 78), Warhol created brilliant, lavishly textured surfaces of gold and green, fashioning the «physical presence» he desired while satirizing the physical act of painting privileged by his forefathers, the Abstract Expressionists. (fadmagazine.com)