How Long to Read Willem de Kooning

How Long Does it Take to Read Willem de Kooning?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 26 minutes to read Willem de Kooning by Willem De Kooning

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Willem de Kooning, one of the great pioneers of Abstract Expressionism, experimented with the human form throughout his career. An artist deeply skeptical about Western ideals of beauty, he focused on anatomical fragmentation and spatial ambiguity to express the fleeting nature of the individual. This strikingly designed book, published in conjunction with an exhibition originating at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, explores de Kooning's drawings of the female form between 1940 and 1955. It reveals an artist who struggled to eliminate traditional barriers between drawing and painting as he explored ambiguities between the figure and its background. De Kooning relied on early-twentieth-century abstraction in his initial attempts to redefine the figure, drawing and re-drawing the same line until he resolved the image. Beginning in 1947-49, he synthesized abstraction and figuration, dismembering figures and rearranging them with seeming randomness. As his figural compositions developed, geometric configurations transformed into architectural elements (suggesting windows, doors, mirrors, paintings, and furniture) to create ambiguous space. In 1951, de Kooning abruptly returned to depictions of women. Using turbulent brushwork, he turned female figures into monumental, intentionally vulgar, wildly distorted images whose parts read alternately as flat pattern and fully rounded forms. The effect is an almost violent sensuality. The artist's later style differed dramatically from that of earlier decades. Familiar shapes and hues suggest that women remain in his works, yet they are distorted beyond recognition as if seen from underwater. As put by Thomas Hess, the artist's friend and critic, "Woman, for de Kooning, is the human equivalent of water; more than a vessel, she embodies it in planes of rippling flesh." EXHIBITION SCHEDULE http://www.artcommotion.com/Issue2/moca/home.html The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles February 10, 2002-May 5, 2002 http://www.nga.gov/home.htm The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. September 29, 2002-January 5, 2003 http://www.sfmoma.org/ The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art June 15 - September 8, 2002

How long is Willem de Kooning?

Willem de Kooning by Willem De Kooning is 199 pages long, and a total of 51,541 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Willem de Kooning Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 41 minutes to read Willem de Kooning aloud.

What Reading Level is Willem de Kooning?

Willem de Kooning is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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