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Art criticism. Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. [1][2][3] Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. [2][3] A goal of art criticism is the pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation [1][2][3] but it is questionable whether such criticism can transcend prevailing ...
Signature. Paul Jackson Pollock (/ ˈpɒlək /; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all ...
Clement Greenberg. Clement Greenberg (/ ˈɡriːnbɜːrɡ /) (January 16, 1909 – May 7, 1994), [1] occasionally writing under the pseudonym K. Hardesh, was an American essayist known mainly as an art critic closely associated with American modern art of the mid-20th century and a formalist aesthetician. He is best remembered for his ...
Abstract expressionism. Medium. Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 237 cm × 390 cm (93.5 in × 155 in) Location. Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo. Convergence is an oil painting by Jackson Pollock, from 1952. It is held at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, in Buffalo.
Meyer Schapiro (23 September 1904 – 3 March 1996) was a Lithuanian-born American art historian who developed new art historical methodologies that incorporated an interdisciplinary approach to the study of works. An expert on early Christian, Medieval and modern art, he explored periods and movements with an eye toward their works' social ...
Rosalind Krauss. Rosalind Epstein Krauss (born November 30, 1941) is an American art critic, art theorist and a professor at Columbia University in New York City. [1] Krauss is known for her scholarship in 20th-century painting, sculpture and photography. As a critic and theorist she has published steadily since 1965 in Artforum, Art ...
Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) is a 1950 abstract expressionist painting by American artist Jackson Pollock in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. [1] The work is a distinguished example of Pollock's 1947-52 poured-painting style, and is often considered one of his most notable works. [1][2]
Orton published an influential essay in 1991 in the Oxford Art Journal [1] that argued that Harold Rosenberg, the critic who coined the term "Action painting", developed the concept as a result of his commitment to Marxism rather than to the photographs of Jackson Pollock in action. According to art critic Stephen Moonie, Orton's essay was one ...