Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) Untitled 1989 oil on canvas 22 x 28 inches

Past Present Future tense: Post War 1945-2016

America emerged from World War II relatively unscathed, with an economy on the rise and an artist population inspired by the European avant-garde, many of whom had relocated to the U.S. While Europe began the process of dealing with immeasurable trauma, New York emerged as a center of artistic activity, challenging Paris as the center of the international art world. Abstract Expressionism would emerge in the 1950s, followed by the rise of Neo-Dada, Pop, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art, among many other movements over the next decade. Rather than a style or set of ideas, Post-war American Art merely defines a time period. This exhibition reassesses the artists associated with these diverse groups, providing a new understanding of their influence on contemporary art history. Distinct as their artworks are in style, period, and place, the artists all share a common set of concerns. Inspired by a wide array of influences including folk art, advertising, primitive art, comic books, and fetishism. Including works by Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, John Chamberlain, George Condo, Richard Prince Tom Wesselmann, Jean Michel Basquiat Jonathan Horowitz, Roy Lichtenstein and Christopher Wool

Mark Borghi

Past Present Future tense: 1945-2016