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Event Dates
Jun 26, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008
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919 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615.744.3331
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places to stay
Union Station - A Wyndham Historic Hotel
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"Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-75"
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.
Image credit: Morris Louis, Floral V, 1959-1960. Acrylic and magna on canvas, 98 3/8 x 137 13/16 in. Private collection, Denver. © 1993 Marcella Louis Brenner
upcoming events
Sep 7, 2008 - Sep 9, 2008
International Goat Days
Millington, TN
Sep 11, 2008
Gatlinburg's Library Luau
Gatlinburg, TN
Sep 11, 2008
7th Annual Rutherford County Community Fair and 9-11 Memorial Event
Murfreesboro, TN
Sep 12, 2008
Full Moon Pickin' Party
Nashville, TN
Sep 12, 2008
A Fine Wine Affair
Murfreesboro, TN