Color Theory, in art and design, refers to a set of principles and guidelines for working with color that includes pure colors (hues), their values, mixing and the perceptual effects of color. A complex topic with many different theories and the earliest color wheel from Sir Issac Newton. Most of the impact on Post War contemporary art is that derived from theorists and educators such as Johannes Itten (1888-1967) and his and publication of The Art of Color; Hans Hofmann (188

Psychedelic Art By David Eichholtz Psychedelia and Psychedelic Art was influenced by surrealism, Dada, visual perception and Op Art along with other historical and cultural references such as Art Nouveau, Indian textiles and Pop Art. It defined the 1960s and Counter Culture movement and was ever present in rock culture on album covers, poster art and liquid light shows as the back drop for concerts on both the east and west coasts of the US at venues such as the Fillmore East

ArtDaily.org October 3, 2017 Paul Reed (American, 1919–2015). No. 21, 1964. Acrylic on canvas. Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Promised gift of The Paul and Esther Reed Trust. Photo: Joseph Mills. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has received a gift of 125 paintings, sculptures, drawings, pastels and screen prints from the Paul and Esther Reed Trust by Washington Color School artist Paul Reed. The gift includes 49 works from the 1960s - one of the most important phases of Reed's

These paintings have not been seen or available since the 1960s. A real treasure trove of his brilliant artwork. Paul Reed Emertop C, 1967 Acrylic On Canvas 39 x 46" Copyright © Paul Reed Estate Paul Reed 18M, 1966 Acrylic On Canvas 29 x 44“ Copyright © Paul Reed Estate Paul Reed 15B, 1965 Acrylic On Canvas 28 x 21” Copyright © Paul Reed Estate Paul Reed Coherence XVIII, 1966 Acrylic On Canvas 79 x 28” Copyright © Paul Reed Estate Paul Reed Emerging V, 1967 Acry

Paul Reed, Paul Reed, Paul Reed, Leo Valledor, and Oli Sihvonen The David Richard Gallery is presenting “Color: Stained, Brushed and Poured” bringing together several artists whose enquiries into color theory and paint application revolutionized the course of abstraction in America. In the 1940s and 50s there emerged a type of abstraction that differed from the gestural and aggressive style of Abstract Expressionism, one where color would become the subject. Inspired by Europ

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Click here to view catalog THE RESPONSIVE OTHER EYE: OPTICAL ABSTRACTION IN AND OUT OF MOMA By Peter Frank “The Responsive Eye,” the New York Museum of Modern Art’s controversial 1965 survey of a new kind of “optical” abstraction, was not the instigator, or even definer, of this abstraction, but merely its critical and popular apotheosis. I say “merely” because the MOMA exhibition – a result of several years of research and travel by curator William C. Seitz – served neither

"Three Sheets to the Wind", 1964, Francis Hewitt "Sea Shapes (#1)", 1960, Beatrice Mandelman 26A, 1965, Paul Reed The cross-fertilization of ideas and inspiration between art and design continues apace. Exhibit A: “The Responding Eye: ’60s Now,” one of the most intriguing fine art exhibitions to hit Manhattan in recent months, which is currently on view at the Greenwich Village decorative arts gallery Maison Gerard. The show celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Museum of

Click here to view catalog FRAME FOLLOWS FORM: THE SHAPED PAINTING IN AMERICAN ABSTRACTION By Peter Frank After the Second World War, American artists fell into a frenzy of formal experimentation. At first dominated by the theater of metaphysical narrative that defined abstract expressionism, this trajectory of extravagant invention took a more formal turn around 1960 The production of imagery gave way to the production of unencoded, optically self-sufficient structures, man