tachism
(1952)
Derived from the French word tache meaning 'patch', this term was coined by the French critic MICHEL TAPIE in relation to post-war European abstract art, and related to art informel and abstract expressionism.
The patches and blots of color on a canvas assume their own significance, as if applied at random, spontaneously, and act as projections of the artist's emotional state.
Source:
M Tapie, Un Art Autre (Paris, 1952)
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