The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956-2006

The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts in New York presents a retrospective of Abstract and Abstract Expressionist works from 1956-2006. An introduction on the history of Abstraction ("refuge from modernism") at the Academy is followed by one-page features of works and biographies of 48 artists to come out of the school. Oversize: 9x10.25". Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)