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WILLEM DE KOONING

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2014
Beneath the disarray lies a struggle
One of the joys of covering a Willem de Kooning exhibition, such as the one at the Bridgestone Museum of Art, is catching up with the jargon that surrounds his work. As he was a leading light of New York¡¯s postwar abstract expressionist movement, who later veered in the direction of figurative art, de...
CULTURE / Art
Oct 2, 2014
¡®Willem de Kooning From the John and Kimiko Powers Collection¡¯
As one of the pioneers of post-World War II abstract expressionism, Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) used the unusual method of action painting, also known as gestural abstraction. This style often resembled Jackson Pollock¡¯s (1912-1956) method of dripping paint, but Kooning preferred aggressive brushwork,...
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