Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940–70

Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940–70,Whitechapel Gallery

A major exhibition of 150 paintings from an overlooked generation of 81 international women artists.

Reaching beyond the predominantly white male painters whose names are synonymous with the Abstract Expressionist movement, this exhibition celebrates the practices of the numerous international women artists working with gestural abstraction in the aftermath of the Second World War.

It is often said that the Abstract Expressionist movement began in the USA. Still, this exhibition’s geographic breadth demonstrates that artists from all over the world were exploring similar themes of materiality, freedom of expression, perception and gesture, endowing gestural abstraction with their own specific cultural contexts – from the rise of fascism in parts of South America and East Asia to the influence of Communism in Eastern Europe and China.

The exhibition features well-known artists associated with the Abstract Expressionism movement, including American artists Lee Krasner (1908-1984) and Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), alongside lesser-known figures such as Mozambican-Italian artist Bertina Lopes (1924-2012) and South Korean artist Wook-kyung Choi (1940-1985). More than half of the works have never before been on public display in the UK.

Duration 09 February 2023 - 07 May 2023
Times Tuesday- Sunday 11am - 6pm (Thursday until 9 pm)
Cost £16.50
Venue Whitechapel Gallery
Address 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX
Contact / info@whitechapelgallery.org / www.whitechapelgallery.org

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