abstract expressionism – n - A movement in experimental, nonrepresentational painting originating in the U.S. in the 1940s, with sources in earlier movements, and embracing many individual styles marked in common by freedom of technique, a preference for dramatically large canvases, and a desire to give spontaneous expression to the unconscious.
I've already commented on Jackson Pollock, so I'll use an untitled masterpiece by Mark Rothko (1903-1970) to illustrate today's word. Now isn't that better than all those tedious Exquisites? Enjoy! (Wolf, what was that you were saying about shades of gray?)
