African Modernism in The Superstroke Art Movement

Clement Greenberg had a huge influence on how we view art today. His writings has shaped the art that is even produced today. I first became aware of him when I watched the film Pollock, starring Ed Harris.  His character in the movie played by Jeffrey Tambor, constantly said  it is just paint, it is just paint. I had the idea that he was a great Champion for Abstract Expressionism, and that he almost obsessively promoted that Artists that he liked. As you can see with my writing so far is that I am obviously not an expert on Clement Greenberg, but his Caracter in the movie had a big impact on me, so much so that I constantly thought that I must become more like him.  Artists in general and obviously there are exceptions, rather would like somebody else promote their work and sing their praises than doing it themselves and I think this is where Clement Greenburg played a very major and important role for the Abstract Expressionists and Post Painterly Abstraction artists. ...

Robert Nava said that his record time in finishing a painting is 27 seconds. Conrad Bo Superblur gives his opinion. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/robert-nava-spring-intelligence-2021-1957022 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/robert-nava-spring-intelligence-2021-1957022 The above article on the Art Net website was a very interesting read for me. The article is very well written and interesting.  Below are two excerpts from that article. In July, Nava made his auction debut at Phillips, where  The Tunnel  (2019), a painting of a monster’s blood-red eyes, was estimated to fetch $40,000 to  $60,000. Instead, it sold for $162,500. In the months that followed, his depiction of a transforming Power Ranger generated $124,195. A loose rendering of an angel sold for just over $110,000. A painting of a kid riding a giant snake brought $100,000. He was talking about what’s become a Robert Nava mythos: the speed at which he works. His record, he said, is one painting in 27 se...