Abstract USA 1958-1968: In the Galleries
Sep 11, 2010 - Feb 20, 2011
On 11 September Abstract USA 1958-1968. In the Galleries will open. It is the second large exhibition of artworks from the No Hero Foundation, a large private collection of modern and contemporary art which the museum received on loan in 2009.
Abstract USA 1958-1968 exhibits abstract painting from the United States, with works which were mostly created in the years 1958-1968. The exhibition includes works by artists such as Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Larry Poons, Al Held, Gene Davis, Sam Francis and Friedel Dzubas.
Cool abstracts
Most of the artists are seen to belong to a post-war movement in American art, which was labelled by contemporary critics as post-painterly abstraction, colorfield painting, hard edge art or cool art. In this 'cool abstract' painting, which came after abstract expressionism, the personal signature and expression of the artist are no longer central to the artwork but the different elements from which a painting is composed: the colour and form as well as the paint and the canvas.
Abstract expressionism and cool abstract painting which succeeded it, are generally seen as the first movements through which the United States established itself as a leading country in art, with New York instead of Paris as the new art metropolis.
The Netherlands
So far the attention given to the place and significance of American abstract art in Dutch art history has been sporadic and at best superficial. Except for established artists such as Stella, Noland and Francis, there is minimal representation of artists from the Abstract USA movement in the collections of Dutch museums.
Through this exhibition of selected works from the No Hero Foundation, the Rijksmuseum Twenthe not only intends to give an overview of cool abstract art, but also to take a first step in analysing the role and significance of this movement in post-war art in the Netherlands.
In the Galleries
The subtitle of the exhibition, In the Galleries, is taken from a column in the American magazine Arts Magazine. Before he became known as an artist, Donald Judd wrote reviews of exhibitions in museums and galleries. Judd wrote in his articles about all the artists exhibited in Abstract USA. His critical and at times surprising comments on their work are a guideline for this exhibition.
Not only is Judd an excellent guide through the exhibition; he also developed his own work in an ongoing exchange with both the European tradition and American expressionist and cool abstract painting. Unlike these movements, Judd's own work and that of his American contemporaries were exhibited and collected early on in the Netherlands. Judd can be seen as a key figure in the reception of American art in the Netherlands since the 1960s.
Abstract USA 1958-1968 exhibits abstract painting from the United States, with works which were mostly created in the years 1958-1968. The exhibition includes works by artists such as Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Larry Poons, Al Held, Gene Davis, Sam Francis and Friedel Dzubas.
Cool abstracts
Most of the artists are seen to belong to a post-war movement in American art, which was labelled by contemporary critics as post-painterly abstraction, colorfield painting, hard edge art or cool art. In this 'cool abstract' painting, which came after abstract expressionism, the personal signature and expression of the artist are no longer central to the artwork but the different elements from which a painting is composed: the colour and form as well as the paint and the canvas.
Abstract expressionism and cool abstract painting which succeeded it, are generally seen as the first movements through which the United States established itself as a leading country in art, with New York instead of Paris as the new art metropolis.
The Netherlands
So far the attention given to the place and significance of American abstract art in Dutch art history has been sporadic and at best superficial. Except for established artists such as Stella, Noland and Francis, there is minimal representation of artists from the Abstract USA movement in the collections of Dutch museums.
Through this exhibition of selected works from the No Hero Foundation, the Rijksmuseum Twenthe not only intends to give an overview of cool abstract art, but also to take a first step in analysing the role and significance of this movement in post-war art in the Netherlands.
In the Galleries
The subtitle of the exhibition, In the Galleries, is taken from a column in the American magazine Arts Magazine. Before he became known as an artist, Donald Judd wrote reviews of exhibitions in museums and galleries. Judd wrote in his articles about all the artists exhibited in Abstract USA. His critical and at times surprising comments on their work are a guideline for this exhibition.
Not only is Judd an excellent guide through the exhibition; he also developed his own work in an ongoing exchange with both the European tradition and American expressionist and cool abstract painting. Unlike these movements, Judd's own work and that of his American contemporaries were exhibited and collected early on in the Netherlands. Judd can be seen as a key figure in the reception of American art in the Netherlands since the 1960s.
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On 11 September Abstract USA 1958-1968. In the Galleries will open. It is the second large exhibition of artworks from the No Hero Foundation, a large private collection of modern and contemporary art which the museum received on loan in 2009.
Abstract USA 1958-1968 exhibits abstract painting from the United States, with works which were mostly created in the years 1958-1968. The exhibition includes works by artists such as Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Larry Poons, Al Held, Gene Davis, Sam Francis and Friedel Dzubas.
Cool abstracts
Most of the artists are seen to belong to a post-war movement in American art, which was labelled by contemporary critics as post-painterly abstraction, colorfield painting, hard edge art or cool art. In this 'cool abstract' painting, which came after abstract expressionism, the personal signature and expression of the artist are no longer central to the artwork but the different elements from which a painting is composed: the colour and form as well as the paint and the canvas.
Abstract expressionism and cool abstract painting which succeeded it, are generally seen as the first movements through which the United States established itself as a leading country in art, with New York instead of Paris as the new art metropolis.
The Netherlands
So far the attention given to the place and significance of American abstract art in Dutch art history has been sporadic and at best superficial. Except for established artists such as Stella, Noland and Francis, there is minimal representation of artists from the Abstract USA movement in the collections of Dutch museums.
Through this exhibition of selected works from the No Hero Foundation, the Rijksmuseum Twenthe not only intends to give an overview of cool abstract art, but also to take a first step in analysing the role and significance of this movement in post-war art in the Netherlands.
In the Galleries
The subtitle of the exhibition, In the Galleries, is taken from a column in the American magazine Arts Magazine. Before he became known as an artist, Donald Judd wrote reviews of exhibitions in museums and galleries. Judd wrote in his articles about all the artists exhibited in Abstract USA. His critical and at times surprising comments on their work are a guideline for this exhibition.
Not only is Judd an excellent guide through the exhibition; he also developed his own work in an ongoing exchange with both the European tradition and American expressionist and cool abstract painting. Unlike these movements, Judd's own work and that of his American contemporaries were exhibited and collected early on in the Netherlands. Judd can be seen as a key figure in the reception of American art in the Netherlands since the 1960s.
Abstract USA 1958-1968 exhibits abstract painting from the United States, with works which were mostly created in the years 1958-1968. The exhibition includes works by artists such as Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Larry Poons, Al Held, Gene Davis, Sam Francis and Friedel Dzubas.
Cool abstracts
Most of the artists are seen to belong to a post-war movement in American art, which was labelled by contemporary critics as post-painterly abstraction, colorfield painting, hard edge art or cool art. In this 'cool abstract' painting, which came after abstract expressionism, the personal signature and expression of the artist are no longer central to the artwork but the different elements from which a painting is composed: the colour and form as well as the paint and the canvas.
Abstract expressionism and cool abstract painting which succeeded it, are generally seen as the first movements through which the United States established itself as a leading country in art, with New York instead of Paris as the new art metropolis.
The Netherlands
So far the attention given to the place and significance of American abstract art in Dutch art history has been sporadic and at best superficial. Except for established artists such as Stella, Noland and Francis, there is minimal representation of artists from the Abstract USA movement in the collections of Dutch museums.
Through this exhibition of selected works from the No Hero Foundation, the Rijksmuseum Twenthe not only intends to give an overview of cool abstract art, but also to take a first step in analysing the role and significance of this movement in post-war art in the Netherlands.
In the Galleries
The subtitle of the exhibition, In the Galleries, is taken from a column in the American magazine Arts Magazine. Before he became known as an artist, Donald Judd wrote reviews of exhibitions in museums and galleries. Judd wrote in his articles about all the artists exhibited in Abstract USA. His critical and at times surprising comments on their work are a guideline for this exhibition.
Not only is Judd an excellent guide through the exhibition; he also developed his own work in an ongoing exchange with both the European tradition and American expressionist and cool abstract painting. Unlike these movements, Judd's own work and that of his American contemporaries were exhibited and collected early on in the Netherlands. Judd can be seen as a key figure in the reception of American art in the Netherlands since the 1960s.
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