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'An aphorism, properly stamped and molded, has not been "deciphered" when it has simply been read; rather one has then to begin its interpretation, for which is required an art of interpretation.' -- Nietzsche, 'On the Genealogy of Morals'

William de Kooning « Previous | |Next »
September 27, 2011

The Museum of Modern Art in New York his showing all-media de Kooning: Retrospective. The exhibition covers seven decades of de Kooning’s career.

De Kooning doesn't really fit into the abstract expressionism style of art history, given his figurative Woman paintings.

deKooningParkRosenberg.jpg Willem de Kooning, Park Rosenberg, 1957

This painting is part of a series that represent glimpses of landscapes as seen from a moving car, and are characterized by large brushstrokes done with the “full arm sweep” and the colors blue, green, and yellow ocher.

De KooningWDoortotheRiver.jpg William de Kooning, Door to the River, 1960

From the late 1950s to the early 1960s, De Kooning entered a new phase of nearly pure abstractions more related to landscape than to the human figure. These paintings, such as Door to the River (1960) bear broad brushstrokes and calligraphic tendencies similar to works of his contemporary Franz Kline.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 3:30 PM |