In this book Electa offers readers the opportunity to get to know the currents and the main figures of the so-called New York Renaissance, one of the finest moments of American and international art.
Starting in the 1950s, New York emerged as an important international art center, a true contemporary art capital. In this book Electa offers readers the opportunity to get to know the currents and the main figures of the so-called New York Renaissance, one of the finest moments of American and international art. With a fine selection of illustrations, the text sums up, with great clarity, the main lines of movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and graffiti, through the profiles and works of the great names of this exceptional period of creativity in New York, including Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring.