Art Weekend Painting on the Cusp: Abstraction of the 1980s Thomas Micchelli July 6, 2013 Mary Heilmann, “Rio Nido” (1987), acrylic and oil on canvas, 39 x 58 in (all images via cheimread.com) ...

For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that. It was ...

Abstract painting is nearing its centenary. Although what exactly abstraction is, who first achieved it, and when and where, are questions open to interpretation, the best art-historical thinking ...

Before the 1980s, abstract painting typically embraced pure form — gesture or geometry as something self-contained, insulated from outside contamination. Over the past generation, however ...

Ancestral Edge explores craft, cultural, spiritual and ceremonial traditions through media including basket weaving, collage, ...

Nearly all the leading U.S. abstract expressionists painted realistically before they turned to abstraction. Nine of them got through the 1930s painting government murals.

New York, NY 10065 (212) 452-1094 www.anitashapolskygallery.com Date: July 8, 2015 - Sept. 19, 2015 The Anita Shapolsky Gallery celebrates abstract art with an exhibition from more than 15 artists.

Art Pure Painting: The birth of abstraction by Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J. March 5, 2013 ...

It is present on cave walls, in Egyptian and Cypriot Greek art, Chinese scholar rocks, all Islamic and Jewish art — both of which forbid representation. Abstraction is only new in the West. 10.

For art history lovers, the exhibit at the Denver Art Museum is a great way to learn more about the history of abstract art. Open every day at 10 a.m., with free days scattered throughout the year ...