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Member Lecture: Willem de Kooning Drawing
About the event
Members are invited to join exhibition curator Kevin Salatino for an exclusive look at Willem de Kooning Drawing, the first exhibition to examine the expansive drawing practice of the Dutch-born, American artist.
Rigorously trained in Rotterdam, de Kooning achieved a remarkable command of traditional drawing techniques before immigrating to the United States at age 22. In New York City, de Kooning found work as a house painter, freelance commercial artist, and window display designer, while simultaneously immersing himself in the New York art world. Ultimately he became a key figure of the movement that would be known as “Abstract Expressionism.”
In this member-exclusive talk, Salatino explores de Kooning's continual innovation with experimental drawing techniques and his unique ability to dissolve the boundaries between representation and abstraction, male and female figures, “high” and “low” art forms, and, in particular, the disciplines of drawing and painting.
About the Speaker
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Closed captioning will be available for this program. For questions related to accessibility accommodations, please email access@artic.edu.
