Sentences with phrase «reaction against color»

«Starting in the 1970s, there was a terrific reaction against Color Field painting and abstract art in general, which was in turn a rejection of Clement Greenberg,» said the art historian and critic Michael Fried, who organized the exhibition «Three American Painters: Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Frank Stella» at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard in 1965.

And one can understand Beckett or Ionesco and their brevity, and their moving toward almost incoherence as a reaction against the color of French academic eloquence.

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In our reaction against the decadent pietism of the recent past, we falsely prided ourselves on our willingness to accept life as it is, realistically, in all its ambiguity, not painting it in more glowing colors.

While next season most trends seem to be favouring a crass reaction against minimalism and bringing the excessiveness and decadence of past decades, i.e. print - and vivid color clashing, kitschy pastels, sequins, animal prints, and many others, a lot of us do not consider minimalism to be a trend, which is not reduced to a very timeless style, but it also a very necessary lifestyle.

Partly a reaction against Abstract Expressionism, best known in the thickly layered paintings of American artists Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, Hard - Edge emphasized angular lines, reduced forms, precise surfaces, and rich colors.

Hard Edge Painting emerged as more than a reaction against Abstract Expressionism; it reflected a renewed interest in color isolated from emotion using geometric abstraction and a new approach to compositional unity within a single plane.

Color Field painting had gained support among many Abstract Expressionists, and Minimalism was actively dominating the art scene as a reaction against the emotion and drama of the previous generation.