2012 archivos - Modernidade(s) Descentralizadas Art, politics and counterculture on the transatlantic axis during the Cold War Sat, 14 Jul 2018 16:16:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 “Truth, Freedom, Perfection” Alfred Barr’s What Is Modern Painting? As Cold War Rhetoric https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/biblioteca/truth-freedom-perfection-alfred-barrs-what-is-modern-painting-as-cold-war-rhetoric-2/ Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:07:13 +0000 https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/?post_type=ctb_article&p=2597 Hills’ essay traces Alfred H. Barr Jr.’s formulation of Abstract Expressionism as the embodiment of US values of freedom and artistic quality during the Cold War. Drawing on the Museum’s archives and Barr’s handbook to the collection “What is Modern Painting?” published in multiple editions and languages, she analyzes this influential guidebook to the collection, … Continue reading “Truth, Freedom, Perfection” Alfred Barr’s What Is Modern Painting? As Cold War Rhetoric

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