ROBERT MOTHERWELL "BASQUE SUITE #2" , 1971Robert Motherwell (1915 1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in America and established New York City as the new center of the art world. Motherwell was the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, editing a journal, and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction. While Motherwell's

the National Gallery of Australia

softened by decorative shades of green and tangerine

references to mythology/folklore/pop culture

signifying the inherent strength of her femininity

The final boutique General Idea created was Boutique Coeurs volants

The Hammer Museum (Los Angeles)

by using spray guns to create colorful stacks

' this collection of images and essays focused on the thriving Burlesque scene in Los Angeles in the '50s

displaying a quintessential Canadian landscape that is recognizable and familiar around the world

always interested in revisiting an element or motif from a previous body of work

embracing an unconventional tool led to a distinct and new aesthetic

the artist created unique compositions