De Kooning Breaks Through (1987)
Red Grooms (American, born 1937)
Three-dimensional color lithograph cut out, folded and assembled into a Plexiglas box
"This is a colorful and dramatic three-dimensional print that depicts a man riding a bicycle toward the viewer. A woman—with huge eyes and monumental breasts sits atop the handlebars—and the two literally breakout of the two-dimensional surface into the viewer’s space.
Red Groom's witty portrait depicts the legendary artist Willem de Kooning riding a bicycle with a woman on the handlebars. This woman is the subject of de Kooning's celebrated painting Woman and Bicycle (1952-1953).
The print parodies de Kooning's highly expressionistic painting style, as Groom's humorous portrait brims with visual puns. De Kooning is literally breaking through, suggesting the extraordinary nature of his contributions to art history."
Man and Woman and Bicycle. hımm good art 😂
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Bunu oturma odasına asmalı mıyız? 😂
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Noo 🙂 🙂
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😂 Okay 😊
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I don’t know. De Kooning is just one of those artists that I can’t decide upon. Interesting, but disturbing and not in a good way….that’s how I usually interpret his work. But still, interesting. This parody is humorous and I like how it alters the more “disturbing” qualities of De Kooning’s work.
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That’s a pretty good take on De Kooning. You can tell Picasso and him knew each other. I like the dimensional aspect of Grooms work here as being the best part for myself.
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This a very unusual piece for me. I have mixed feelings about it.
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I can understand that Olga, I have mixed feelings as well.
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