The 9th Street Art Exhibition, otherwise known as the 9th St. Show, Ninth Street Show May 21-June 10 1951 was a historical, ground-breaking exhibition curated by Leo Castelli. It represented the New Art in the 20th Century. It was a gathering of a number of notable artists, and it was the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School. The opening of the show was a great success. According to Altshule...
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The 9th Street Art Exhibition, otherwise known as the 9th St. Show, Ninth Street Show May 21-June 10 1951 was a historical, ground-breaking exhibition curated by Leo Castelli. It represented the New Art in the 20th Century. It was a gathering of a number of notable artists, and it was the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School. The opening of the show was a great success. According to Altshuler, "It appeared as though a line had been crossed, a step into a larger art world whose future was bright with possibility."
Action painters: Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Hans Hofmann
Color field painters: Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Adolph Gottlieb, and Robert Motherwell.
Artists who served in World War II did not have the attention of the Art critics of the post-World War II era.
The studios were located in lower Manhattan in the area bounded by 8th and 12th street between First and Sixth Avenues during the late...
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