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Willem de Kooning, uno degli artisti più rivoluzionari e influenti del ventesimo secolo, sarà il protagonista della grande esposizione Willem de Kooning e l'Italia nello spazio dedicato alle mostre temporanee alle Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia.
De Kooning on de Kooning è un documentario del 1982 diretto da Charlotte Zwerin e basato sulla vita del pittore statunitense Willem de Kooning. Collegamenti esterni [ modifica | modifica wikitesto ]
De Kooning once summarized the history of female representations as “the idol, the Venus, the nude.” In Woman, I, he both alludes to and subverts such conventions, while possibly referencing the long-held societal ambivalence between reverence for and fear of the feminine.
Willem de Kooning (Rotterdam, 24 aprile 1904 – New York, 19 marzo 1997) è stato un pittore e scultore statunitense d'origine olandese
Willem de Kooning (; Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm də ˈkoːnɪŋ]; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a US citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.
De Kooning’s dramatic rise to prominence between 1948 and 1953 was only the first act in a remarkable artistic career. While many of his contemporaries developed a mature “signature style,” de Kooning’s inquisitive spirit did not allow such constraint.
Between 1950 and 1953, de Kooning made the series for which he is best known, the Women, and this painting from approximately 1952 is a fine example of the subject. The small scale of this painting on paper belies both the potency of the iconic image and the dramatic dynamism of the vigorous, gestural brushwork.
