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Color As Field: American Painting, 1950-1975

Frist Center for the Visual Arts

June 20-September 21, 2008

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Color field painting, which emerged in the United States during the 1950s, is characterized by pouring, staining, or spraying thinned paint onto raw canvas to create vast chromatic expanses that are remarkable for their luminosity and gracefulness. Paintings such as Helen Frankenthaler’s Flood (1967) exemplify these artists’ interest in exploring the emotional associations triggered by pure color relationships. Frankenthaler’s work, along with paintings by Mark Rothko, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Larry Poons, and Frank Stella constitute one of the crowning achievements of postwar American abstract art. 

Surprisingly, there has not been a major exhibition to date that has examined the sources, meaning, and impact of color field painting. Encompassing forty-one large-scale canvases, Color as Field presents a rare opportunity for viewers to fully comprehend the aims of these artists, view their finest works in close relationship to one another, and experience the beauty and sensuality of their pictorial handling of space and color.
 

Location: Ingram Gallery 

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  Tickets: $8.50/Adults, $7.50/Seniors(65+), $7.50/Military, $7/Groups of 10 or more, $6.50/College Students w/ID, Free/18 years or younger

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  Dates:
  June 20-September 21, 2008

  Times:
  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10:00am-5:30pm
  Thursday and Friday 10:00am-9:00pm
  Saturday 10:00am-5:30pm
  Sunday 1:00pm-5:30pm

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  Frist Center for the Visual Arts

  919 Broadway Nashville, TN 37203

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  • Event Name: Color As Field: American Painting, 1950-1975
    "Great exhibit!"
    Review posted by: Liz M. from Nashville, TN, Jul 17, 2008
    

    Color As Field was great. I am delighted the Frist Center brought this exhibit to Nashville! Lots of large canvases with bright colors! Don't let this exhibit leave without seeing it!

    Color As Field was great. I am delighted the Frist Center brought this exhibit to Nashville! Lots of large canvases with bright colors! Don't let this exhibit leave without seeing it!

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