Tag: Abstract Expressionism

  • Clyfford Still: Influential Maverick from Arts Perspective Magazine

    Clyfford Still: Influential Maverick from Arts Perspective Magazine

    In 1944, Clyfford Still did something that no known painter appears to have done before him. Using thick, black pigment he troweled a large canvas (105 x 92 1/2 inches) with a palette knife, then cut that textured black field with a deep red wound forming the outline of an almost organic shape. Vivid yellow…

  • Does the economic turmoil hurt the art market?

    Bloomberg is reporting that sales are down at Chelsea Galleries. Cristina Delgado, a New York-based art adviser is quoted in the article as saying: “My clients are sitting tight and they want to see what happens in the next six to eight months.” Then she adds: “The prices for young and emerging artists have to…