How to Use abstract expressionism in a Sentence

abstract expressionism

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  • When a whole new art world erupted in New York in the 1950s and abstract expressionism took the global stage, Neel was passed over.
    — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2021
  • This was 15 years before abstract expressionism broke out and New York became the center of the art world.
    — Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • The subway map in Tokyo, with its looping ribbons of color, looks more like a work of abstract expressionism than a guide at first.
    — Mary Louise Schumacher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The bespoke mark is hand painted with ink on paper, and is a nod to the abstract expressionism movement, where each artist would sign their painting.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The two earliest works here, which include the show’s namesake, are gestural in the manner of abstract expressionism.
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
  • This puts her squarely in the tradition of abstract expressionism.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • As a result of these elisions, the film feels less like a documentary than like a work of abstract expressionism, yet much beauty can be found in Russell's approach.
    — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 5 June 2018
  • These rugs can range from low to high based only on pattern and color combination, very much like any work of abstract expressionism.
    — Carmen Rosy Hall, Vogue, 22 June 2018
  • He is known for a style called abstract expressionism, which is characterized by sweeping brush strokes that evoke emotion.
    — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Even in the late 1960s, academics, critics, dealers, artists, and collectors looked at abstract expressionism with awe for three reasons.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The show makes the definitive case for Shields’ argument that Diebenkorn did not spring whole from abstract expressionism, as is commonly thought.
    — Julia Couzens, sacbee, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Both are subtle, patriotic nods to the hidden shapes that are inspired by abstract expressionism art.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Ensconced as American ‘high art’ by 1962, abstract expressionism imagined the canvas as a space for producing unique events.
    — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Her experimentation seemed of a piece with abstract expressionism, the artistic movement that took root in the mid-20th century.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
  • All the participants draw from cubism and abstract expressionism, but jumble such precedents in lively ways.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The designs were utterly unique but worked in concert with each other, a psychedelic take on abstract expressionism.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Centered in New York, a powerful artistic reaction was what soon was dubbed abstract expressionism.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 16 June 2023
  • The artist, whose breakthrough depictions of American flags and targets in the 1950s jolted painting away from abstract expressionism, is focused on new projects, not retrospectives.
    — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2018
  • Gorky was well tethered to the artists of the past, reaching from the Renaissance to Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso, but also to movements like precisionism, surrealism, and abstract expressionism.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Lots has happened since Rodin’s day, from cubism to Dada, abstract expressionism, and conceptual art to our time, when there’s something of an Old Master revival augmented by huge changes in the technology of art.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Over several hours, tennis becomes a form of abstract expressionism.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 June 2023
  • As this story suggests, there can be a striking similarity between works of abstract expressionism and paintings by children—or even by chimps, monkeys and elephants.
    — Ellen Winner, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
  • In fact, Stella’s paintings are often described as a reaction/evolution to the emotive splatters of abstract expressionism.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The exhibition includes early works based in abstract expressionism, the pop art style heads, 1970s process painting and a series of colorful pieces where paint becomes three dimensional by thickening it with Patch-n-Paint.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2019
  • The free-flowing compositions of abstract expressionism now represent a planet that’s burning and melting.
    — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Yet Keravuori is indebted to abstract expressionism, which extolled the spontaneous and the immediate.
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The biography concludes in 1960, as pop art and minimalism pushed abstract expressionism into the history books.
    — Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Objects for sale included sandwiches, pieces of pie, sausages, and clothing made of wire and plaster and painted in an exuberant dripping style recalling abstract expressionism.
    — Martha Schwendener, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
  • Their experimental music mirrored developments in the art world at the time, including Fluxus and abstract expressionism.
    — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Toko Shinoda, a Japanese artist who worked in the ancient tradition of calligraphy, using ink that was centuries old to produce works that were regarded as gems of modern abstract expressionism, died March 1 at a hospital in Tokyo.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021

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