Definition of ab-ex
informal
: abstract expressionism
- If Abstract Expressionism was a response to a world out of balance, Minimalism was a response to Ab Ex, replacing self-expression with intellectual analysis …
- —Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5 Aug. 2009
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ab-ex
or Ab-Ex adjective, informal-
- By the end of the 1940s Ab-Ex painters were turning out oversized canvases with the energy, zeal and heroism to be found only in post-World War II America.
- —Robert Goff, Forbes, 4 May 1998
