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“To be right is the most terrific personal state that nobody is interested in.”

Book:Franz Kline, the Early Works as Signals: Exhibition University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 14 March-18 April, 1977 and Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York 27 September - 6 November 1977

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Franz Kline, the Early Works as Signals: Exhibition University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 14 March-18 April, 1977 and Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York 27 September - 6 November 1977

This publication documents an exhibition exploring Franz Kline's formative artistic period, prior to his mature black and white compositions that established him as a central figure in the abstract expressionist movement. The catalog examines Kline's transition from representational work toward the bold, dynamic abstract canvases for which he became renowned. Originally exhibited at the University Art Gallery in Binghamton and subsequently at the Neuberger Museum in Purchase, theshowcase provided an opportunity to study the artistic evolution of an artist whose stark black-on-white compositions powerfully influenced postwar American abstract painting. more

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Franz Kline

Franz Kline was an American painter known for his unique abstract expressionist style. His works are characterized by bold lines and striking contrasts in color, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century art. more

“Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication. Original man, shouting his consonants, did so in yells of awe and anger at his tragic state, at his own self-awareness and at his own helplessness before the void.”

Source: Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews

“What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act of defiance against mans fall and an assertion that he return to the Garden of Eden? For the artists are the first men.”

Ifs Men Firsts Artist Fall Poet Return Garden Insane Painter Explanation Defiance Assertion Eden Garden Of Eden

Book:Barnett Newman, the stations of the cross, lema sabachthani

Source: Barnett Newman, the stations of the cross, lema sabachthani

“I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue.”

Ideas Faces Painting Mark Metaphor Studios Dialogue Painter Blank Canvas Arbitrary Blank Canvas Expressionism

Author:Richard Diebenkorn

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