1. A few thoughts on abstract expressionism, Clement Greenberg & narrative in painting.
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2. Abstract expressionism is often seen as the end of the long trend to purge narrative from painting. This is false.
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3. Abstract expressionism didn't purge narrative from painting but rather displaced narrative to a new realm, criticism.
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4. The less narrative a painting has on the canvas, the more contextual narrative it requires from criticism.
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5. Clement Greenberg's criticism, the potent myths he created, are the narrative component of abstract expressionist painting.
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6. A Jackson Pollack canvas would look very different to us if not for the critical myths that surround it (created mostly by Greenberg).
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@tomjokinen Not so much socialist realism as radical paintings of Picasso. Some truth to that.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@tomjokinen Fact that Picasso was a communist was a big concern. Abs. Exp. was in part America's answer to Picasso.
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