A fresh look at the painting and sculpture that transformed the art world in the years after World War II. Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 features over fifty key works of postwar art, revealing the cultural and intellectual framework of Abstract Expressionism, the movements that followed it, and popular culture's fascination with the art and artists of the period.

On view May 4 - September 21, 2008 | More about the exhibition
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Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Gotham News, 1955
Oil on canvas
69 x 79 in. (175.3 x 200.7 cm)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1955 (K1955.6)
© 2008 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

 




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Tuesday
September 09

2008
2:00 pm Verbal Imaging Tea Time Tour
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976
Enjoy a docent-led verbal imaging tour of this special exhibition. more

This program is free.
Advance registration is required. Space is limited.

Monday
September 15

2008
1:15 pm Verbal Imaging Open Tour
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976
A museum docent will give a verbal imaging tour of this special exhibition. more

This program is free.
Advance registration is required. Space is limited.

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