{{selectedLanguage.Name}}
Sign In Sign out
Action History
×
Home/ Artists / Abstract Expressionism / Morris Louis/ Nexus II

Nexus II

Morris Louis

Nexus II

Morris Louis
  • Date: 1959
  • Style: Color Field Painting
  • Series: Column
  • Genre: abstract
  • Media: canvas
  • Location: National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, Australia
  • Dimensions: 274 x 426 cm
Article ...
Article

'Nexus' means connection or link. The painting, made in 1959, marks the transition between two series of important paintings by Morris Louis, who created a new style of Abstract Expressionism in the last five years of his short life. The style was later called Post-painterly Abstraction by the critic Clement Greenberg. In Nexus II, plain fields of colour are pushed to the sides. Thin washes of denim blue on the left and jade green on the right are separated by an off-white panel. The effect of harmonious, even blissful, colour is intensified by the simplicity of means the artist uses, and the large size of the work.

More ...
Tags:
Turquoise
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Azure
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Line
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Textile
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Tints and shades
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Morris Louis Famous works
Related Artworks
1-{{getCurrentCount()}} out of {{getTotalCount()}} LOAD MORE

Court Métrage

Short Films