abstract expressionism

Thomas’s work has long been associated with the Washington Color School and, more generally, abstract expressionism, embracing the color psychology of the former and the action-packed canvases of the latter.

Their size, their subtlety, their lack of any representational material and their use of monochromatic wax and encaustic all seem to suggest an effort to domesticate the male-dominated world of abstract expressionism.

Di Bello described the color-splashed works as “abstract expressionism” with “surrealist” methods.

At the most fundamental level, Abstract Expressionism evokes existential angst for instance, and Pop Art satirizes consumerism.

Abstract Expressionism defined the artistic climate in which the photographs for The Americans were produced.

“Jasper and I used to start each day by having to move out from Abstract Expressionism,” Rauschenberg once said.