American Abstract Expressionism
There was a group of painters in the 1950s known as the 'New York School' who were part of an art movement called abstract expressionism. Well-known members include Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. This group believed art could come from the subconscious and they aimed to make art that was expressive and evoked emotion in the viewer whilst still being abstract.
Philip Guston
As part of my project I have been looking at the work of Philip Guston. He was a painter and printmaker who was part of the New York school. He used to create large canvases covered with a crux of dramatic colour against a muted background.
Oasis, Philip Guston, 1957
Guston in his studio, 1964
Sketch, Philip Guston, 1954
These images give you a sense of his work and also of the scale. I am particularly interested by his use of different greys: warm, cool, lilac, blue, brown. He layered these over other colours and drew our attention to the throbbing heart of colour in the centre. I am also interested by the way he left a rough edge. Not squaring down his paintings but leaving them in an irregular shape on the white which I think is much more representative of the impulse of emotion.
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