In modern art museums the color field artists of the 1960s always tend to appear after the action abstract expressionists of the 1940s and 1950s. It makes sense because of the time sequence. But here’s another reason: After seeing all that brutal intense action drip painting, you need something like the color field painters to calm down your eyes.
Is that the truth? Interesting!
I dunno. I always feel the urge to eat a big bowl of spaghetti after looking at abstract expressionist art. I never figured out why.
are you serious moose? it’s cuz the drip paintings look like spaghetti. I always feel the urge to touch the abstract expessionist paintings. I wonder if back in the 40s/50s if the collectors would often touch the surface of his paintings. Then again, they would probably end up with some stained hands!