Untitled Abstract
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 RARE SIGNED Jean Michel Basquiat Untitled SKULL Limited Edition $33,000.00 Time Remaining: 29d 23h 51m Buy It Now for only: $33,000.00 |
 Fabulous Rare Hand Signed Robert Rauschenberg Untitled 1973 Limited Edition $11,000.00 Time Remaining: 1d 19h 7m Buy It Now for only: $11,000.00 |
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 Karel AppelUntitled Face Red SIGNED FINE ART LITHOGRAPH SUBMIT AN OFFER $3,000.00 Time Remaining: 15d 18h 28m Buy It Now for only: $3,000.00 |
 Signed 2006 Joel Shapiro Untitled Serigraph $2,640.00 Time Remaining: 1d 14h 1m Buy It Now for only: $2,640.00 |
 Signed 1979 Robert Zakanitch Untitled Serigraph $2,640.00 Time Remaining: 18d 16h 32m Buy It Now for only: $2,640.00 |
 FRED TOMASELLI Untitled 2002 SIGNED Limited Edition Silkscreen Print 10x17 $2,500.00 Time Remaining: 13d 11h 55m Buy It Now for only: $2,500.00 |
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 Victor Vasarely Untitled 1 Original Abstract Signed Art $2,500.00 Time Remaining: 27d 15h 32m Buy It Now for only: $2,500.00 |
 Untitled 1995 Sir Terry FROST Aquatint wove signed and annotated PP $2,267.08 Time Remaining: 5d 10h 17m Buy It Now for only: $2,267.08 |
 George Condo Untitled 9 Signed Fine Art Etching Rare $2,200.00 Time Remaining: 27d 15h 44m Buy It Now for only: $2,200.00 |
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 Alvar Untitled Hand Signed Numbered Lithograph from Spain green Make Offer $1,785.00 Time Remaining: 6d 20h 12m Buy It Now for only: $1,785.00 |
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 Signed Victor Vasarely Untitled Serigraph $1,650.00 Time Remaining: 21d 13h 24m Buy It Now for only: $1,650.00 |
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 Sol LeWitt Untitled s n ED40 Original screen print 9x9 Framed $1,600.00 Time Remaining: 11d 2h 27m Buy It Now for only: $1,600.00 |
 Signed 2007 Jay Kelly Untitled 1435 Abstraction in Blue and Orange Print $1,540.00 Time Remaining: 13d 13h 54m Buy It Now for only: $1,540.00 |
 Untitled Ltd Ed Lithograph Sam Francis $1,500.00 Time Remaining: 6d 30m Buy It Now for only: $1,500.00 |
 RICHARD PRINCE Untitled 2001 SIGNED Limited Edition Silkscreen Print 10 x 7 $1,500.00 Time Remaining: 24d 12h 31m Buy It Now for only: $1,500.00 |
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 Signed 1968 Jean Tinguely Untitled Lithograph $1,375.00 Time Remaining: 18d 16h 25m Buy It Now for only: $1,375.00 |
 Signed 1979 Nicholas Krushenick Untitled Serigraph $1,375.00 Time Remaining: 19d 17h 38m Buy It Now for only: $1,375.00 |
 George Condo Untitled LandscapeSigned Fine Art Etching Rare 1989 $1,350.00 Time Remaining: 27d 15h 44m Buy It Now for only: $1,350.00 |
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 MARK FRANCIS Untitled Growth Series 1999 SIGNED Silkscreen Print 26 x 22 $1,200.00 Time Remaining: 3d 17h 41m Buy It Now for only: $1,200.00 |
 Signed 1982 Joyce Kozloff Untitled Serigraph $1,080.00 Time Remaining: 18d 16h 32m Buy It Now for only: $1,080.00 |
 Signed 1981 Dennis Ashbaugh Untitled Serigraph $1,080.00 Time Remaining: 18d 16h 32m Buy It Now for only: $1,080.00 |
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 Original Untitled Fernand Leger After Signed Lithograph $1,000.00 Time Remaining: 28d 14h 58m Buy It Now for only: $1,000.00 |
 Untitled by Scott Sandell 36x30 $999.99 Time Remaining: 19h 55m Buy It Now for only: $999.99 |
 Victor Spahn Untitled Sailing framed Blue HS NR LK $950.00 Time Remaining: 27d 17h 30m Buy It Now for only: $950.00 |
 Jean Dewasne UNTITLED Original Signed Art $1,000.00 Time Remaining: 3d 10h 9m Buy It Now for only: $1,000.00 |
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Abstract Expressionism: A True American Art Form
Abstract Expressionism is a fascinating American contribution to the world of art. It was a movement that developed in New York during the decades immediately following World War II. Sometimes it is referred to as the New York School or as 'Action Painting'. It is characterized by an attempt to depict universal emotions. It is known as the first exclusively American movement to gain international recognition.
Artists who worked at abstract expressionism tended to concentrate on the physical process of painting, from which the narrower term 'Action Painting' was derived, often throwing paint at their canvases in an expressive and highly physical subversion of traditional methods of painting. Breton, Ernst and Masson, all leading Surrealists, moved to New York during World War II and were influential in its initial development. However, where the Surrealists explored the unconscious for means of disrupting society's cherished conventions, the Abstract Expressionists turned to the unconscious for symbols of universal meaning which could restore both art and society after World War II.
The psychologist Carl Gustav Jung was an important influence on these artists. He argued that archetypal, symbol-generating emotions and behavior can be found in every psyche and culture. The abstract expressionists believed that their painting expressed these universal symbols.
Within abstract expressionism is an interesting variant called Color Field Painting. It looks like an exact opposite of Action painting. Instead of having its rhythmic vitality, luminous and brooding colors saturate the canvas with contemplative stillness. If Action Painting captures the physical energy of dance, Color Field Painting evokes the psychic energy of contemplation.
By the 1960's, artist Philip Guston was one of a growing number who criticized Abstract Expressionism for having become a sterile, and decorative orthodoxy which was stifling creativity.
It is fascinating the way Abstract Expressionism often works to cause the observer to feel liberated from the burdens of individuality, class, nationality and gender. Significantly, it also helps to restore a much needed sense of common humanity. For example, Rothko's Untitled is characterized by luminous colors. When looked at directly, it has an iconic quality typical of many abstract expressionist paintings. The suggestion of a dark horizon in the center of the painting evokes universal feelings about distance and proximity, travel and arrival, containment and freedom.
Perhaps one of the most well known and revolutionary paintings is Jackson Pollock's Alchemy, 1947. In this painting, Pollock poured commercial paint directly onto his canvas with the help of a stick. This act dispersed with the traditional brush and easel and involved his entire body in the act of painting. The work has a physicality and energy typical of much Abstract Expressionism, Action Painting in particular. Alchemy refers to the ancient search for a means of transforming base matter into gold which Jung saw as symbolic of psychological transformation.
Abstract Expressionism is an intense, introspective, global type of art that elevates and informs. Obviously, it is subjectively experienced, yet objectively available. We bring our own backgrounds, insecurities, and other life experiences to an experience with this wonderful type of art. Something always worth the effort.
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View some great contemporary examples of abstract expressionism at Fairhaven Originals Gallery (FOG).