American masters 1940-1980. American masters

Collection type	Library
Author	National Gallery of Australia; Ward, Lucina, author, curator.; Lawrence, James (James Alexander), author.; Grudin, Anthony E., author.; National Gallery of Australia, host institution., issuing body.;
Call Number	Art
Document type	Monograph
Year	2018. 018.
Pagination	256 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm.
Publisher	National Gallery of Australia,
Note	Cover title: American masters. Produced on occasion of the exhibition American Masters 1940 - 1980, National Gallery of Australia, 24 August - 11 November 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index. The National Gallery of Australia has one of the greatest collections of American art outside the United States.The Gallery's exceptional collection from the mid-twentieth century includes masterworks by artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Louise Bourgeois, Lee Krasner and Andy Warhol, among many others. American Masters features both well-known paintings, such as Pollock's Blue poles 1952, as well as many works rarely seen by Australian audiences, revealing the depth of a col lection that has never before been presented as a whole.
Place made	[Canberra, A.C.T.] :

Abstract

Director''s foreword -- Sponsor''s foreword -- Our ambitions were high... / Lucina Ward -- Where do you stand? / James Lawrence -- Pop art and its reception / Anthony E. Grudin -- Precursors: New York School -- Colour-field and Post-painterly abstraction -- Neo-Dada, Pop and multiples -- Minimalism -- Conceptual art -- Anti-form: From Soft sculpture to Land art -- Figuration: Photorealism and Funk -- Light -- Video works -- Notes -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.