Action Art Movement
The term 'Action Art' or 'Action Painting' was coined initially by Harold Rosenberg, one of the most vocal proponents of the Abstract Expressionist movement.
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ACTION ART
This term, first coined by Harold Rosenberg, refers to the dribbling, splashing or otherwise unconventional techniques of applying paint to a canvas.
Action Art. A Bibliography of Artists' Performance from Futurism to Fluxus and Beyond. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Haskell, Barbara. BLAM! The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964. New York: W.W.
"Action Art" took this a step further, using Freud's ideas of the subconscious as its underling foundations. The paintings of the Action Artists were not meant to portray any objects whatsoever and likewise were not meant to stimulate emotion.
Michelangelo Pistoletto is an Italian painter, theorist and action artist, typically associated with the Arte Povera movement.
The term Viennese Actionism describes a short and violent movement in 20th century art that can be regarded as part of the many independent efforts of the 1960s to develop "action art" (Fluxus, Happening, Performance, Body Art, ...
 See also: Movement, Expressionism, Painting, Abstract expressionism, Expression
  
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