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In this symposium, issues related to Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976 will be explored by a panel of national scholars. This event, which is free and open to the public, is presented in conjunction with the nationally touring exhibition organized by The Jewish Museum in collaboration with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Saint Louis Art Museum.
The symposium has been organized and will be moderated by Albright-Knox Art Gallery Chief Curator Douglas Dreishpoon. The panelists include Michael Brenson, critic, art historian, and teacher; Richard Shiff, Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin; Robert Hobbs, Professor of Art History at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; and Katy Siegel, Professor of Art History at Hunter College, New York City. The topics to be considered include revisionist history and the many challenges that this practice poses, the ever-changing relationship between artists and critics, and blind spots that are an inevitable part of historical and critical discourse.
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976 has been organized by The Jewish Museum, New York in collaboration with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo and the Saint Louis Art Museum. Leadership support for the touring exhibition has been provided by the Weissman Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency, and the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation. The exhibition is sponsored by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation. The exhibition is made possible in Western New York through the generous support of M&T Bank, the late Judge John T. Elfvin and Peggy Pierce Elfvin, The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, The John R. Oishei Foundation, The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Deborah Ronnen, and Sotheby’s. The media sponsor for the exhibition is WNED. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the New York Council for the Humanities or National Endowment for the Humanities.