What is action painting? Who was once called the “greatest painter” by influential American art critic Clement Greenberg? In the first ten minutes of this documentary, you'll not only discover the answers to these questions, but you'll also experience a diversity of sounds and expressions from native English speakers from various backgrounds: the West Coast U.S. in the early 20th century; upper-crust East Coast prep schools; Kenya; Sydney, Australia; and Chicago.
A quiz on the following vocabulary and expressions will be posted next week:
abstract painting
to go for broke
I was kind of wowed!
to be taken for a ride
to ape something
Pollock broke the ice.
This is a breakthrough of epic proportions!
cave paintings