The Whitney Museum in New York stands out as a leading institution dedicated to 20th-century American art, highlighting significant works and artists that define this transformative period. It serves as a vital cultural hub, providing insight into the evolution of American artistic expression and its impact on the broader art world. The museum's collection and exhibitions reflect diverse styles and movements, making it an essential destination for art enthusiasts and scholars alike.
Der Pop Art Künstler Keith Haring (1958-1990) bemalte erst die Gänge der New Yorker Subway mit vielen lustigen Männchen, bevor ihm Anfang der 80er Jahre mit eben diesen Figuren der internationale künstlerische Durchbruch gelang. Strichmännchen, wie das "Baby" oder der "Hund" hüpfen, kugeln und tollen im lockeren, großzügigen Zeichenstil über die Leinwand. Seine Biographie in Verbindung mit einer kompletten Werkübersicht und vielen Fotos erscheint nun im Rahmen der "Kleinen Reihe Kunst" beim TASCHEN-Verlag.
Many American artists throughout the 20th century designated Pablo Picasso as the central figure of the modern movement and defined their own artistic achievements through their absorption, critique, or rejection of his example. Picasso and American Art is a groundbreaking publication juxtaposing works by Picasso with the paintings, sculptures, and drawings created in response by an extremely diverse group of his contemporaries and successors, including Max Weber, Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky, John Graham, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, David Smith, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jasper Johns. Based on extensive research, Michael FitzGerald's text provides valuable new information on the fundamental role that Picasso played in the development of modern American art--both through his friendships with individual artists and through the dissemination of his evolving work. This book also documents, for the first time, the accessibility of Picasso's work in the United States between 1911 and 1957 in exhibitions, collections, and publications through a comprehensive chronology. This unique book is essential for anyone interested in either Picasso or American art of the 20th century.
This is the first complete survey of the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a key member of a group of New York artists that included Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, who used the powerful images of graffiti to create a new expressive language. Essays by Dick Hebdige, Klaus Kertess and others. 200 illustrations, including 160 colorplates.
