Abstract expressionism: looking East from the Far West

by Theresa Papanikolas

Honolulu Museum of Art [Published 2017]. Soft cover, 110 pp. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Abstract Looking East from the Far West, organized by the Honolulu Museum of Art. The exhibition was held at the Honolulu Museum of Art from September 7, 2017, to January 21, 2018. Foreword and acknowledgments by Sean O'Harrow. Essay - Abstract expressionism : looking East from the Far West by Theresa Papanikolas; Essay - Conjuring dragons : Morita Shiryuu and the globalization of abstract expressionism by Stephen Salel. Abstract Looking East from the Far West' considers mid-twentieth century abstraction through its Asian American practitioners, with a special focus on artists active in Hawai'i. It is the first museum exhibition to address a gap in the history of Abstract Expressionism, bringing artists of the New York School together with Asian American artists who studied and worked in New York in the 1940s and 1950s. The 49 paintings, drawings and sculptures in this catalog allow readers to visually explore powerful continuities in the work of these artists.

110 pages, Unknown Binding

Published August 1, 2017