The book Burst! analyzes the close but previously unexplored relationship between Abstract Expressionism and Art Informel. Through texts and almost 100 illustrations, it depicts a vital creative exchange across the Atlantic that will completely reshape painting. Large, extensive surfaces filled with color; spontaneous actions captured on canvas; new ideas of freedom. A story of post-war recovery and dialogue between the two continents.

On both sides of the Atlantic, society was reacting to the horrors of World War II, the Holocaust, and the advent of the atomic bomb. The book shows how artists were seeking new ways to confront these staggering events. It contains works by Jean Dubuffet, Natalia Dumitresco, Helen Frankenthaler, Asger Jorn, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Sam Francis, Joan Mitchell, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Barnett Newman, Georges Mathieu, Hedda Sterne, Clyfford Still, and others.

Pages: 168, Year of Publication: 0913, Dimensions: 23x23cm.