You don’t have to paint a figure to express human feelings." apply this statement to all forms of international art at mid-century (found in chapter 35). is it harder to convey human feelings through, for instance, the action paintings of jackson pollock or the sculptures of david smith? in contrast, are feelings easily expressed by the presence of representational art at mid-century – for example, the sculptures of segal and giacometti? do they express feelings that abstract expressionism is unable to capture?