This slim catalogue accompanies a travelling exhibition held in the United States from 1997 to 1998, which presented the achievements of select Asian American artists in the context of a broad and vital trend in American art: abstraction in the mid-20th century. The artists in the exhibition drew upon aspects of the artistic traditions of their cultural origins — China, Japan, and Korea — finding ideas and techniques that prefigured abstract modes in the West, and applied them in their work during the era of Abstract Expressionism.
Access level
Onsite
Location code
EX.USA.ATM
Language
English
Keywords
Publication/Creation date
1997
No of pages
16
ISBN / ISSN
Nil
No of copies
1
Content type
catalogue
Chapter headings
Abstraction and Nature
Ancient Philosophy in Modern Forms
Materials and Methods
'Nipponism'
Bridging the East/West Divide
Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions: Asian American Artists and Abstraction, 1945-1970
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