Helen Frankenthaler's (1928-2011) radical approach to paint and material creates images
pulsating with colour. During the postwar period in the United States she was a leading figure
in abstract art. This volume brings together nearly fifty works providing a comprehensive
overview of the world's largest private collection of Helen Frankenthaler's works - on display
at the recently opened Museum Reinhard Ernst in Wiesbaden. In Frankenthaler's works paint
and canvas become one. The soak-stain technique she developed allows the paint to seep directly
into unprimed fabric. The result is a pictorial effect like no other: colour spaces open up
flowing into one another sometimes saturated sometimes transparent. Above all the pictures
show an artist willing to take risks: by setting no limits to her artistic work Frankenthaler
was able to create liberated large-scale paintings full of radiance. Her groundbreaking body
of work remains highly relevant today.
