1950 photo for Life Magazine titled: The Irascibles. This photo was in response to the Metropolitan Museum of Art "American Art Today", a show in which the above artist were all excluded. 18 artist signed a protest letter sent to the Times, 15 are pictured in the above photo.
They are:
Theodoros Stamos, Jimmy Ernst, Barnett Newman, James Brooks, Mark Rothko, Richard Pousette-Dart, William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell, Bradley Walker Tomlin, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Ad Reinhardt, Hedda Sterne
Does art protest anything anymore?
Peace anyone? 2008
1 comment:
It is interesting that these artists were banned because at least 3 of those names I have heard before.
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