Abstract expressionist art or act art, as it has also been called–is defined by its emphasis on emotional or spontaneous happy not based in reality. Abstract expressionist art gain its popularity in the 1950s as a backlash next to rampant McCarthyism.

A lot of artists found themselves victims to the Red scare for the perceived following ideologies represented in their work. Abstract expressionism allowed artists to create without fear of being accuse of sympathizing with communists. It too further promoted the thought of “art for art’s sake” plus the belief that the spiritual or unconscious brain could be further explore through the creative process. Abstract expressionism has continued to today, plus is a method of art that is within the reach of the beginning artist.

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