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“Co” from Copenhagen, “Br” for Brussels and
“A” for Amsterdam, these are the cities
which form the acronym of the artistic
group, CoBrA. Karel Appel being one of the
founding members of this group, sought to
advance avant-garde Dutch art to the
forefront as it had been overlooked by the
rest of Europe. Forming in Paris in 1948,
the collective disbanded only after three
years, but the members of this group grew to
over forty other painters, sculptors, poets,
photographers and filmmakers. Many of these
artists were impacted by the theories of
Karl Marx and held the belief that art
should be made for and by everyone, not
directed toward a specific class, race,
intellect or educational level.
Similar to
the Surrealist method of working, CoBrA
artists produced art spontaneously in a
direct manner, without a preconceived plan. |
