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Abstract
As Edwin Denby explained, de Kooning was able to take an expressionistic technique and make it large and impersonal. He created a classicism that was not linear or contained, and that, coupled with his being eclectic, provided the way for me to entertain the idea of making art lyrical and intimate on a grand scale. When I first showed figures with fiat backgrounds in 1959, de Kooning came by and said he liked them. “They are like photos but they are paintings. Don't let them knock you out of it.”
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Notes on contributors
Alex Katz
Alex Katz is a painter working in New York.
Brice Marden
Brice Marden is a painter working in New York.
Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray is a painter living in New York.
Bill Jensen
Bill Jensen is a painter working in New York.