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Bear in mind the term did not come from any of the painters so-designated, but from the art critic Robert Coates who applied it to the New York artists in 1946. The term itself was coined in Germany (where else?) in 1919, and was first used to characterize the work of a specific artist (Wassily Kandinsky), in 1929. Many of the painters on the list have vehemently denied that their work was abstract.
My “American Heritage Dictionary“ lists five principal definitions of abstract, of which only the fifth has anything to do with art: Designating a genre of painting whose intellectual and affective content depends solely on intrinsic form.
Berry Campbell is pleased to present its first exhibition of Edward Zutrau (1922-1993) since announcing the representation of his estate in 2019. After studying and reviewing this important oeuvre, the gallery decided to dedicate its first exhibition to his abstract expressionist paintings from the 1950s. This will be the first exhibition held of Zutrau’s work since his death in 1993.
Edward Zutrau: Mandarin (Paintings from the 1950s) opens at Berry Campbell, New York, on June 3, 2021 and continues through July 2, 2021.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
An artist for whom life and art were intertwined, Edward Zutrau (1922-1993) worked with dedication, energy, and intensity throughout a long career lasting from the 1940s through the early 1990s. While he resided mostly in Brooklyn and Manhattan, his travels had an important impact on his creative development, especially the five years he spent in Japan, where his art received a significant amount of appreciation and recognition. Blending p