... was. Pollack, along with other abstract expressionists such as William DeKooning and Mark Rothko, continued to explore their field with action painting, abstractions and color-field painting, respectively. Abstract expressionism dominated the art world of the late 1940's and 50's. Yet as the 1950's peaked, a new ... - . "Some suggested New Realism based on an analogy between French and American movements- promoted by Pierre Restany. Others suggested Anti-Sensibility Painting but people discredited this name because it "jumped the gun-; The majority of people thought that it was only thou...

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... collected the outcasts; occasionally promoting artists, such as he did with Jean-Michel Basquait. Yet the promotion and friendship did not stop at painting. Andy Warhol had an association with the Velvet Underground, and was friends with the Rolling Stones. Andy Warhol's commercial art background was still ... theme. It could be said also that Lichtenstein mildly parodied these images so familiar to the American pop culture. In addition to these painting, Roy Lichtenstein made both large adaptations of Pablo Picasso paintings and sculpture. His sculpture echoed his love of the pure, soli...

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... in this way which also included Jackie Kennedy JFK's wife and Marylyn Monroe the worlds most famous actress, who JFK was said to have had an affair with. Andy Warhol's painting, like Rauschenberg's shows Kennedy as a iconic figure, this could be due to the appropriation, the fact that Kennedy's image was used so much, in magazines photo journalism etc made his ... ...

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