Royal Academy of Arts

"Exploring an unparalleled period in American art, this long-awaited exhibition reveals the full breadth of a movement that will forever be associated with the boundless creative energy of 1950s New York."

Although I was never an abstract lover I must confess that this exhibition absolutely changed my mind. I was not very familiar with some icons from the Abstract Expressionism such as Joan Mitchell and Jackson Pollock. Their large size paintings can have much more impact on me through their magnificent abstraction than many other figurative works. The imposing size of each room goes along with the paintings and each space can surprise the audience until the last one. From the black and white Franz Kline's paintings to the colourful Pollock's and Gorky's ones, the exhibition screams dynamism and takes us to their period: a period of self discovering and artistic freedom.

Joan Mitchell, Marges

Joan Mitchell's work was particularly special to me. I did not know this artist until this show and my interest for her was so intense that she became my main subject in my dissertation. I started to study Mitchell's life and I must affirm she is an inspiration, not only artistically. Her work is a reflection and discover of the self, adding her memories and experiences. The passion that the artist feels for nature is evident and her paintings reveal a certain savage mixed with lyricism. A work that is more focused on the action than the formal aspect, and based on the gestural instinct of the artist's inner.

William De Kooning

Jackson Pollock

Franz Kline

Arshille Gorky