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action painting: a standalone construct

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painting in which the canvas is an arena for the artist's act rather than a picture of something.

In art history, action painting refers to painting in which the canvas is an arena for the artist's act rather than a picture of something. This meaning comes from Rosenberg (1959) in The tradition of the new.[1]

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References

Rosenberg, H. (1959). The tradition of the new. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780070537156

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