#8 - Will be an AWARENESS post...

In order to select the artist who you will investigate and present in an AWARENESS post, do the following:

1) DUE January 11th: In your SB, briefly investigate at least THREE Abstract Expressionist painters with the goal of presenting ONE as an AWARENESS post (as Artist Spotlight #8) on your blog. PLEASE NOTE:

• At least one of the three researched artists must be BEYOND those covered in the Power Point presentation (see the list below)
• After doing the preliminary research, indicate your interest level in each artist by numbering your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices. 
  • NOTE: In order to avoid duplication, artists will be assigned in a specific (maybe random) manner (TBD). Therefore, it is in your best interest to take the opportunity to find three artists who you will be happy to research!

2) DUE January 18th: For Artist Spotlight #8, create an AWARENESS post about the AbEx painter you have been assigned to investigate more fully. 

• Just as you did for your Old Master, this is an opportunity to get to know about the artist's life, work, and process.
• USE this research to inspire YOUR and YOUR CLASSMATES painting process.
• Once posted, classmates will be assigned an artist(s) to investigate using the standard sketchbook "Artist Spotlight format," including answers to the questions you have asked.
• SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS FOR THE AWARENESS POST CAN BE FOUND HERE.

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Theodoros Stamos (1922-97), Jimmy Ernst (1920-84), Barnett Newman (1905-70), James C. Brooks (1906-92), Mark Rothko (1903-70); middle row: Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-92), William Baziotes (1912-63), Jackson Pollock (1912-56), Clyfford Still (1904-80), Robert Motherwell (1915-91), Bradley Walker Tomlin (1899-53); back row: Willem de Kooning (1904-97), Adolph Gottlieb (1903-74), Ad Reinhardt (1913-67), and Hedda Sterne (1910-2011).

Many important AbEx painters are featured in the above photo or listed below:

• Hans Hofman 
• Norman Lewis 
• Philip Guston
  
• Robert Motherwell

The following are all female painters whose work can be seen here: The Women of Abstract Expressionism: 12 Artists History Should not Forget (Hedda Sterne is not on this list but is linked above in the photo caption).

• • Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989)
  • Joan Mitchell (1925-1992)
  • Mary Abbott (1921-)
  • Deborah Remington (1930-2010)
  • Judith Godwin (1930-)
  • Lee Krasner (1908-1984)
  • Ethel Schwabacher (1903-1984)
  • Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
  • Perle Fine (1905-1988)
  • Grace Hartigan (1922-2008)
  • Jay DeFeo (1929-1989)
  • Sonia Gechtoff (1926-)

​OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES:

• You Tube playlist - AB EX NY at MoMA
• MoMA Learning/Abstract Expressionism