REDEFINING ART
WITH ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
THESIS: ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS ART HAD TRADITIONALLY BEEN ADMIRED FOR ITS VERISIMILITUDE, THE NEW YORK SCHOOL ARTISTS BROKE BARRIERS BY USING ABSTRACTION AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS SOCIETY IN A MANNER MORE PROFOUND THAN CLASSICAL ART. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW PERSONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS, THE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS COMPLETELY REDEFINED THE MEANING OF "ART" AS A REFLECTION OF BOTH AMERICAN CULTURE AND HUMAN SOCIETY.
TIFFANY HUANG
OLIVER YE