Friday, March 12, 2010

USA Stamps celebrate Abstract Expressionism - who'd have ever thunk it!!




Recently I showed the great new Australian stamps celebrating our contemporary writers - I showed Peter Carey and Tim Winton, two of my favourites. Now here are a couple of my favourite USA artists, Jackson Pollock and Adolph Gottlieb. Another favourite in the series, but not illustrated, is Mark Rothko. Well, maybe it took a while but at least they're here, ready to be enjoyed by every person who still receives snail mail.

Read more at http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/the-works-of-10-abstract-expressionists-for-less-than-5/

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