Sentences with phrase «nothing about abstract art»

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And as early as 1943 the principal tenet that was to distinguish the new abstraction from earlier, pre-war abstract art was clearly formed, as evidenced in a brief «manifesto» of the rising movement crafted by Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, and Barnett Newman for The New York Times in response to a negative review of the new style: «There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.

In this excerpt, Julian Jebb interviews Francis Bacon about his contemporaries in the art world, his working practices and his personal philosophies, such as his belief that true abstract painting is nothing more than «lyrical, charming and decorative».