In the essay “the American Action Painters” Harold Rosenberg gives his own interpretation of abstract expressionists’ artwork. Rosenberg explains that a real Action painting …show more content…
In the essay he states, “The Painter no longer approached his easel with an image in his mind; he went up to it with material in his hand to do something to that other piece of material in front of him” (25). Maybe the goal was to create something unknown even to artist himself. They had to explore the canvas with their brushes or whatever they were using to make those lines and colors. Moreover, he argued that there was nothing wrong with sketching because it was also the “action” and its already an artwork that will be turned into a bigger one. Technically, it's not a recreation of an image, the artist it's only remaking their composition and there is nothing wrong with that.
In my opinion, for Rosenberg abstract expressionist was different from other abstract art because the American painters were exploring while creating. They could express their emotions through gesture, like having records of their body language on a canvas. additionally, The act of painting is the artist action to the way he creates his piece and feeling the freedom, using his body movement, knowing how to control it and when to change directions. He believes an artist can use his experiences to support his vision and i think that it’s what makes an artwork even more