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Event Dates
Jun 26, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008
Contact Information
919 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615.744.3331
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places to stay
Alexis Inn & Suites-Nashville Airport
Ramada Airport North - Near Opryland
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Frist Center for the Visual Arts
"Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-75"
Color field painting, which emerged in the United States during the 1950s, is characterized by pouring, staining, or spraying thinned paint onto raw canvas to create vast chromatic expanses that are remarkable for their luminosity and gracefulness. Paintings such as Helen Frankenthaler’s Flood (1967) exemplify these artists’ interest in exploring the emotional associations triggered by pure color relationships. Frankenthaler’s work, along with paintings by Mark Rothko, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Larry Poons, and Frank Stella constitute one of the crowning achievements of postwar American abstract art.
Image credit: Morris Louis, Floral V, 1959-1960. Acrylic and magna on canvas, 98 3/8 x 137 13/16 in. Private collection, Denver. © 1993 Marcella Louis Brenner
upcoming events
Jan 9, 2009
Films at the Frist: Blow-up
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Jan 9, 2009
At the Frist: Music in the Lobby
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Jan 10, 2009
Winter Garden Seminar
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Jan 10, 2009
Memphis Symphony Orchestra - Elvis Birthday Pops
Memphis, TN
Jan 10, 2009
New World, New Sounds
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