Back 1/1 Expanding Abstraction: Pushing the Boundaries of Painting in
the Americas, 1958-1980 Address: 200 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.,
Austin, TX 78712 Presented By: Blanton Museum of Art Dates: June 21,
2020 - August 30, 2020 Recurrence: Recurring daily Location: Blanton
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Visit Website Details About In the early 20th century, artists began
exploring abstract, nonrepresentational forms for the first time and
significantly changed the language of painting. Several decades
later, abstraction continued to evolve robustly, as its practitioners
experimented with new materials and techniques. Dripping, pouring,
staining and even slinging paint became common, as did the use of
non-traditional media such as acrylic and industrial paints. Artists
also challenged the flat, rectangular format—long the standard in
painting—to create texture and dimensionality, blurring the lines
between painting and sculpture and foregrounding the object’s
materiality. The Blanton’s collection is particularly strong in
the painting of the 1960s and 70s from both the United States and
Latin America. Expanding Abstraction will explore how painting was
transformed in these decades. Many of the works are large scale and
have rarely been shown before. Image credit: Alice Baber (Charleston,
Illinois, 1928 – New York City, 1982) Lavender High , 1968 (left,
detail) Oil on canvas 75 1/2 x 75 1/2 inches Michener Acquisition
Fund, Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin View
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