VIBRANT & Forceful
Contemporary American art is compelling & revolts against tradition

The Art of Matter
by Renu modi

As trade with the us in­creases, it's crucial for indian businessmen to be comfortable with art and to be able to discuss it intelligent­ly. To that end, I will be writing a series of articles about im­portant 3rt and sculpture that everyone should know. My
articles about imporant art and sculpture that everyone should know. My goal is to ensure that when a SundayET reader interacts with an American counter­part, he wiUhave relevant top­ics in art to discuss.
Contrary to popular opin­ion, the us is more than just the land of baseball, capital­ism, and fast food. Contemporary American art is vibrant and compelling, much like the nation itself, and can almost be seen as a series of revolts against tradition. Most fumous of all is probably the work of Jawon pollock, who placed canvases on the floor or the wall and poured the paint on, ! sometimes using a knife or a stick instead of a brush. His work led the way for other Abstract Expressionist artists to follow and can be found at the Museum of Modern Art in . New York,the Art Instinlte of Chicago, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Another key abstract artist is Willem de Kooning. who was born in the Netherlands and mil-de his way to the US in 1926.
He began by painting still life and figure compositions, and went on to experiment with abstraction, using biomorphic shapes and simple geometric compositions. You GIn see his works at the Fine Arts Muse­ums of San Francisco, the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Yolk. the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.. and the Phillips Collection and the Na­tional Gallery of art in Wash ington. DC.
Ifabstract art is not your cup of tea, have a lookat the works of George Wesley Bellows. Born in Columbus, Ohio, George Bellows was a major American artist of the early 20th century. known for his paintings of boxing match fig­ures and for his lithographs.
                          Or get to know Andy Warhol, whose name is syn­onymous with Pop .Art. He was born in Pittsburgh, Penn­sylvania. .
                           His wolks Can be viewed at Guggenheim Museum; Andy Warhol Museum in Pitts­burgh. & Baltimore Museum of art Baltimore.

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                                    -American Artists
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                                    - Andy Warhol
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                                    - Jackson Pollock