Colorscope: Abstract Painting 1960-1979
Opening reception.
When: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 11 a.m.
Where: S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara
Cost: $6 - $9
Age limit: All ages
Categories: Art (opening)
Description:
Colorscope: Abstract Painting 1960-1979
Opens March 20, 2010
In the early 1960s the popularity of Abstract Expressionism waned in favor of new modes of abstraction that delivered through a succession of museum and gallery exhibitions and articles in the mainstream press that continued through the decade. Post-painterly Abstraction, Color Field, Op Art, Hard-Edge, Lyrical Abstraction—these are names of some but not all of the fractures that abstraction experienced from the 1960s through the 1970s. There are clear as well as arguable differences among these genres, but central to them all is one factor—an emphasis on color.
Colorscope features a selection of paintings, mostly from the Museum’s permanent collection, that reveal innovative ways in which color was made essential during this pivotal time. The exhibition features a range of artists—from influential figures to under-recognized talents—manipulating hues that ebb, flow, blend, undo, and inspire. Artists include Richard Anuszkiewicz, Alice Baber, Jerrold Burchman, Roy Colmer, Dan Christensen, Thomas Downing, John Ferren, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Larry Poons, Ernest Posey, Bridget Riley, and many others.
Phone: 805-963-4364
Event posted March 4, 2010
Last updated March 4, 2010
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