5 Action Painters of the ’50s Books “Shaw does not so much

“Shaw does not so much stand immortal images of the past on their heads as infuse each of his remarkable paintings with his own idyllic

An essay by Dore Ashton explores the artist’s influences—from the iconography of tantric paintings and Christian images to alphabets and daily newspapers—that have contributed to his pictorial approach to thinking and creating

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explored these geometries on an architectural scale to invite viewers into new spatial and perceptual practices

5 Action Painters of the ’50s Books “Shaw does not so muchThis folio was published on the occasion of the exhibition 5 Action Painters of the 50s, held September 21 October 13, 1979, at Pace in New York. Works by Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell, and Jackson Pollock are presented in individual folios, wrapped by a brown sheet of paper printed with The American Action Painters by Harold Rosenberg.