It's just not a strong de Kooning. Good de Koonings hug the picture plane almost like a Mondrian. (think 'Excavation, 1950'). But here, in 'Saturday Night' the different quadrilaterals superimpose on each other step by step as your eye proceeds upward . That's why the near-shapes on the bottom seem closer than those towards the top. This is what would happen in a representational painting. There's a lot of juicy detail but with all the interruptions, they don't get it over the top.
sorry folks, all i see from de kooning is the same i see from basquiat and early pollack. you can look into it what you want as art is different for everyone. what i see is an expensive vandalization of a wall. i saw a basquiat in a luxury apartment once and it looked like someone broke in and vandalized the place. i saw a chimp and a elephant paint a de kooning once too. if you need an academic to explain a pc. of art it misses. sorry my opinion.
I've always been fascinated by the fact that de Kooning was famous for abstraction, yet his Woman paintings are some of the best known.
Very ineresting . Thank you so much….
Please do more of these!
It's just not a strong de Kooning. Good de Koonings hug the picture plane almost like a Mondrian. (think 'Excavation, 1950'). But here, in 'Saturday Night' the different quadrilaterals superimpose on each other step by step as your eye proceeds upward . That's why the near-shapes on the bottom seem closer than those towards the top. This is what would happen in a representational painting. There's a lot of juicy detail but with all the interruptions, they don't get it over the top.
Superb
9-10 faces
Too many words. A few more longer silences would have suited me better.
Not my cup of tea
Specially do not drink
sorry folks, all i see from de kooning is the same i see from basquiat and early pollack. you can look into it what you want as art is different for everyone. what i see is an expensive vandalization of a wall. i saw a basquiat in a luxury apartment once and it looked like someone broke in and vandalized the place. i saw a chimp and a elephant paint a de kooning once too. if you need an academic to explain a pc. of art it misses. sorry my opinion.