Abstract
T. J. Clark carries forward the logic of social history of art which he developed and operated in his study of Courbet and Manet into his analysis of Pollock and Abstract Expressionism. Clark argues that Pollock continued the radical tradition of modern art by resisting similarity and metaphor while Abstract Expressionism continued it with its 'vulgarity' quality. However, their resistances were devoured by the totality of capitalist culture. Clark's pessimistic conclusion is that the modernist tradition of 'negativity' can't continue.
First Page
25
Last Page
31
Recommended Citation
Zhu, Geyi. 2015. "A Last Blow? T. J. Clark on Pollock and Abstract Expressionism." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 35, (2): pp.25-31. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss2/1
