"Action Painting and in particular Jackson Pollock"

Saturday 6th September - 17 am

Maison de la Truffe et du Vin - Ménerbes

As of the Second World War, the American supremacy was imposed in the artistic sphere. Different expressions such as "Abstract Expressionism", "Action Painting" ou "Post Painterly Abstraction" qualified the principal artistic tendency.

After De Kooning, Jackson Pollock was an emblematic figure from the beginning. The vision of his art in comparison to the diverse European tendency (for example lyrical abstraction) is quite interesting in order to understand these changes.

Christian Lassalle

University Paris X Nanterre