The Armory Show

Hollis Taggart's booth will feature a selection of important abstract expressionist, post-war, and contemporary artworks with an emphasis on New York-based artists who have worked primarily in abstraction throughout their artistic careers. Showcasing both New York's most celebrated figures and contemporaries who have yet to receive full art-historical recognition. The post-war period in New York saw an unparalleled explosion of creativity, in which artists redefined abstraction and gesture, effectively setting the stage for our current globalized art world.

This booth brings together works by luminaries such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sam Francis, Hans Hofmann, and Jackson Pollock, along with lesser-known but equally deserving pioneers such as Lynne Mapp Drexler and Michael (Corinne) West, both of whom were part of an important group of women abstract expressionists in the 1950s. These artists shared studios, exhibited in the same galleries, and shaped the discourse of their time, yet their legacies remain underexamined compared to those of their male counterparts. 

Presenting these innovative figures side by side, Hollis Taggart’s booth emphasizes the depth and breadth of the post-war art scene in New York. Through gestural abstraction, bold color fields, and intimate compositional tensions, the exhibition underscores this vital period, its enduring resonance, and the necessity of revisiting its lesser-known trailblazers. In celebrating both the familiar and the overlooked, we invite a deeper understanding of an era that forever altered the trajectory of modern and contemporary art.

An exceptional painting by gallery artist Dana James will be displayed alongside these AbEx and post-war luminaries. Threading in the post-war abstraction practices inherited by contemporary practitioners like Dana James.

For more information on the gallery's booth presentation, please contact us at +1 212.628.4000 or info@hollistaggart.com.