Macrocosm/Microcosm: Abstract Expressionism in the American Southwest

by Mark Andrew White

In the 1950s, the American Southwest became a crossroads for Abstract Expressionists from the New York School and the San Francisco Bay Area. Elaine de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, and others found inspiration in the expansive land and sky of the region and used gestural brushwork and veils of color to depict the vast spaces and distinctive coloring of the landscape. They joined with local artists in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985160977
• ISBN13: 9780985160975
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.0" x 12.0"