Pittura/Panorama: Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 1952–1992 Lynn Zelevansky 1940–49)

1940–49)

” a pigment used in the Renaissance as the basis for flesh tones

isolating the forms on monochromatic backgrounds to explore color theory

it details one of the most discussed and influential undertakings in twentieth-century art—one that reformulated the roles of both artist and curator along conceptual lines and established new possibilities in exhibition making

tries to give the statement a significant form

Pittura/Panorama: Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 1952–1992 Lynn Zelevansky 1940–49)This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Pittura Panorama: Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 19521992 at the Museo di Palazzo Grimani in Venice, coinciding with Venice Biennale. Famous as the inventor of the soak stain technique, Frankenthaler continued to create powerful, original abstractions throughout her lifetime. This volume focuses on a selection of paintings that reveal the relationship between the pittura (painting) and the