Expressionism abstract

 The expressionism abstract dominated American Art from the 1940 to 1962. Influenced by Surrealism and rejecting the regionalism of the 1924-1930. This video talks about the work of three artists: Jack Pollock, Barnett Newman, Willemstad de Kooning or Mark Rothko. Their work was characterized in maturity by the uses of large-format canvases painted all-over, that is, uniformly without suggestion the center , thus canceling all the depth of field. Abstract expressionism stood for freedom self-affirmation and experiment. 

Two major tendencies can be identified with it: Representative of Action painting as Willem and Jackson Pollock (famous for his drip painting).Privileged the physical encounter with the medium taking the canvas. Barnett Newman and Mark Roth leading figures in color-field painting. The canvas was an experimental field within space and color became the way subjects of the work. Supported by galleries Peggy Guggenheim an theorized by critics Harold Rosenberg and Clement Greenberg.

Action painting and Color-field painting were also championed as a fresh, open-minded alternative to the Soviet Unions Socialist Realism. The video mentioned the bulled points of expressionism abstraction: 1940-1960 (time), Action painting (Jackson Pollock) and Colour-field Painting (Mark Rothko). The technique of dripping of Pollock was very interesting and new at that time, personally I’m impressed of how that became and style. But at the same time I understand that in every painting has a meaning. 

In conclusion, I learn that the expressionism abstract was influenced by surrealism. The video was a little bit harder to understand because was in French and too fast for me to read the subtitles. I found very good the illustrations that the video shows because was related to the topic. However, I would prefer that the video was a little bit longer and with more information. If the video was a little bit longer maybe I could have a better understanding and more comments of it.