Action Painting
Action painting is a style where paint is applied spontaneously by dripping, splashing, or smearing onto the canvas instead of meticulous application.
In 1952, art critic Harold Rosenberg introduced the term "action painting" to characterise artists who employed bold, physically engaging gestures, departing from the conventional easel painting. Typically, the viewer can discern broad brushstrokes, drips, splashes, or other indications of the physical involvement in creating the artwork.
The label ‘action painters’ is used for artists active from the 1940s to the early 1960s, emphasising the physical act of painting as an integral aspect of the completed artwork.
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Jenny Holzer: HURT EARTH
In a series of monumental light projections, HURT EARTH, art icon Jenny Holzer prompts urgent environmental action. Words from more than 40 global climate activists appear across the UK to coincide with COP26.
Aaron Johnson
Aaron Johnson (he/him) was born in 1975 in St Paul, Minnesota. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Jenny Holzer
American neo-conceptualist Jenny Holzer was born in 1950 in Gallipolis, Ohio, and now lives and works in New York.
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