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Dubbed "action painting," Pollock drew in the space above the canvas -- creating shapes in the air which would fall to the canvas below.

From Science Daily Oct. 31, 2023

It was action painting as improvisational dance, Abstract Expressionism delightfully expressing the joy of play.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2023

Mr. Metzger discovered his ideal medium for auto-destructive art with a form of action painting.

From Washington Post Mar. 2, 2017

She studied with Hans Hofmann, who taught so many of New York’s abstract expressionists, but gave up action painting for sculpture.

From The Guardian May 3, 2016

The ants were, together with the New Yorkers, an abstraction, a live mobile, an action painting, a piece of found art, a happening, a parody, depending on the light.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas



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