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Taking Sides; Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning and American Art, 1940-1976

Jackson Pollock, Totem Lesson 2, 1945, oil on canvas. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased 1986. © The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning and American Art, 1940-1976 at the Jewish Museum through September 21, 2008 is interesting for its contents and its ambitions; it will appeal to viewers with knowledge of Abstract Expressionism and its impact on artists of the next generation as well as anyone with a serious interest in how art worlds function, at least in one striking example. This is not an introduction to Abstract Expressionism nor even to art in ... More » »