Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, and
Laurie Anderson are just some of the major American artists of the
twentieth century. From the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the 2000
Whitney Biennial, a rapid succession of art movements and different
styles reflected the extreme changes in American culture and society, as
well as America's position within the international art world.
This exciting new look at twentieth century American art explores the
relationships between American art, museums, and audiences in the
century that came to be called the "American century." Extending beyond
New York, it covers the emergence of Feminist art in Los Angeles in the
1970s; the Black art movement; the expansion of galleries and art
schools; and the highly political public controversies surrounding arts
funding. All the key movements are fully discussed, including early
American Modernism, the New Negro movement, Regionalism, Abstract
Expressionism, Pop Art, and Neo-Expressionism.