For all the world attention they get, British abstract expressionists might as well be painting on another planet. The British public might even suspect that it's one of those things that isn't done. But it is doneĀand sometimes pretty well.
A whole generation of British artists, bowing distantly to Paris, but taking more cues from New York, is achieving a specific British combination of emotion and sensibility. Sometimes the paintings evoke the grime of cities whose burdens are overpowering. At other times the warm freshness of nature overwhelms the painters' defenses, leaving a...
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