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| de Kooning, my portrait, and one of his drawings |
I was slow to appreciate abstract
expressionist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) which may be attributed largely to
the almost excessive amount of accolades piled on him since the 1950s and the
ridiculous artspeak with which much of it was written. But eventually I had to admit his work was
original, compelling, accomplished, and moving.
I probably like his “Woman” series as much as any of his work. Perhaps I feel a touch of remorse for my
belated acceptance, but now I think of his approach as being “all over the
place” and I’m literally indecisive as to how to represent him. A quick pencil sketch?
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