Women of the ninth street. Lee Krasner, Helen de Cunga, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell and others. Volume 1
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The exciting history of five women whose lives and painting revolutioned in contemporary art.
All artists are in doubt, however, as for the women-creators, for centuries this doubt was the result of both creative and social forces.
Mary Gabriel wrote a biography of five art stars: Lee Krasner, Helen de Cunga, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankentalr. This is a chronicle of five women who dared to enter the world of male abstract painting of the twentieth century not as a muse, but as artists. Of the studios with cold water where they worked, drank, fought and loved, they opened the door to the world of art for themselves and countless other women-creators.
Gabriel illuminates the evolution of the movement of abstractionism from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. The prohibitions, crises of the 1930s, the appearance of jazz, the Second World War, when the European intelligentsia left its countries to find a house in New York-all this influenced the work of artists. Among so many shocks, is it worth it to be surprised that art has found new ways to display life?
For whom this book
connoisseurs of contemporary art.
For everyone who wants to learn about the role of women artists in the world of American painting of the 20th century.
From the author
Through the biographies of five wonderful women, I wrote the history of the cultural revolution that occurred between the 1929 and 1959 of the last century, the revolution, which originated in the bowels of the Great Depression and World War II, developed against the backdrop of the Cold war and McCartism and decline In the early years of the boom in American consumer culture, when the “best” began to be considered the “latest”. I also described how the role of a woman in American society changed, and spoke about the frequently lost sight of the spiritual importance of art for humanity as a whole.
I chose the main five: Lee Krasner, Helen de Cunga, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankentalr and Grace Hartigan. Their difference in age also affected my choice - a scatter of as many as twenty years - thanks to which each of my heroines represents an important chapter in the development of this artistic direction.
We must also say that all the time while I was working on this book, I was sharply aware of the irony of what I was writing about all of them with an emphasis on gender affiliation. The fact is that none of them would like to be characterized in this way.
Women among abstract expressionists did not constitute any separate subgroup. They were artists. And point. As for them, in the highest degree of real rebellion against society, who proclaimed the best women of those who are easiest to ignore, my heroines were not so much rebellious as they themselves ignored the norms of this society. They simply believed that his rules did not apply to them.
About the author
Mary Gabriel - a writer, the finalist of the Pulitzer Prize for the book "Love and Capital". For 20 years she worked as a journalist in Reuters
The exciting history of five women whose lives and painting revolutioned in contemporary art.
All artists are in doubt, however, as for the women-creators, for centuries this doubt was the result of both creative and social forces.
Mary Gabriel wrote a biography of five art stars: Lee Krasner, Helen de Cunga, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankentalr. This is a chronicle of five women who dared to enter the world of male abstract painting of the twentieth century not as a muse, but as artists. Of the studios with cold water where they worked, drank, fought and loved, they opened the door to the world of art for themselves and countless other women-creators.
Gabriel illuminates the evolution of the movement of abstractionism from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. The prohibitions, crises of the 1930s, the appearance of jazz, the Second World War, when the European intelligentsia left its countries to find a house in New York-all this influenced the work of artists. Among so many shocks, is it worth it to be surprised that art has found new ways to display life?
For whom this book
connoisseurs of contemporary art.
For everyone who wants to learn about the role of women artists in the world of American painting of the 20th century.
From the author
Through the biographies of five wonderful women, I wrote the history of the cultural revolution that occurred between the 1929 and 1959 of the last century, the revolution, which originated in the bowels of the Great Depression and World War II, developed against the backdrop of the Cold war and McCartism and decline In the early years of the boom in American consumer culture, when the “best” began to be considered the “latest”. I also described how the role of a woman in American society changed, and spoke about the frequently lost sight of the spiritual importance of art for humanity as a whole.
I chose the main five: Lee Krasner, Helen de Cunga, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankentalr and Grace Hartigan. Their difference in age also affected my choice - a scatter of as many as twenty years - thanks to which each of my heroines represents an important chapter in the development of this artistic direction.
We must also say that all the time while I was working on this book, I was sharply aware of the irony of what I was writing about all of them with an emphasis on gender affiliation. The fact is that none of them would like to be characterized in this way.
Women among abstract expressionists did not constitute any separate subgroup. They were artists. And point. As for them, in the highest degree of real rebellion against society, who proclaimed the best women of those who are easiest to ignore, my heroines were not so much rebellious as they themselves ignored the norms of this society. They simply believed that his rules did not apply to them.
About the author
Mary Gabriel - a writer, the finalist of the Pulitzer Prize for the book "Love and Capital". For 20 years she worked as a journalist in Reuters
Author:
Author:Mary Gabriel
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Culture
- Category:Reference books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Culture
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:18+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00146-491-4
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