The Challenge of Preserving Modern Art: A Technical Investigation of Paints Used in Selected Works by Willem de Kooning And Jacons Pollock

摘要

Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) and Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) are perhaps The best-known members of the abstract Expressionist movement, a group of diverse Artists from disparate backgrounds who Radicaly transformed American art dur- Ing the 1940s and into the 1950s. While the Development and legacy of abstract ex- Pressionism remains a subject of consid- Erable debate, what this diverse group of Artists had in common was the belief that The amterials, and the ways the artists ap- Plied them, are crucial tot he expression of Their art. In a new-famous statement of 1947, Pollock observed that a painting had"a life of its own" that would" come through" when handling materials.