A moving line between figure and abstraction
Willem de Kooning’s work keeps drawing and painting in an active relationship. Figures emerge from and dissolve into lines, gestures and layered surfaces, making the act of revision part of the image’s vitality.
The illustrated edition of Frank O’Hara’s Poems offers a book-sized encounter with that language. Its lithographs place de Kooning’s figures and marks alongside a poet’s text, inviting the reader to move between visual and verbal rhythms.
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