Lee Krasner had to overcome all of that, and yes…the movie. Knowing personally, and working among, many of the greatest “first generation Abstract Expressionists,” from which she was unfairly excluded. Working as a Painter for 50 years- before, during and after him, in a somewhat similar realm Pollock’s legend, gowing larger in death, helped in no small part by her own efforts, and it’s impact on her own career His death in a car crash (beside another woman, who later wrote a book about she and Pollock) while Krasner was away in Europe. A fame he never adjusted to placing immense burden on her. Pollock’s rise from barely known to sudden fame in August, 1949. -Being an “Artist’s wife,” while married to Jackson Pollock from 1945-1956, a man she would remain devoted to from when they met in 1942, on.Click any photo in this Blog to see a larger image.įirst, consider Lee Krasner’s Short “Curriculum vitae,” i.e.- some of what she had to overcome. Having already written about the Pollock show, this Post is about the Lee Krasner show, and a Post about the Philip Guston show follows. Then there was the “shadow” of Pollock’s legend they lived under the rest of their lives, which delayed full understanding and appreciation of their own accomplishment and importance. Pollock’s sudden death on August 11, 1956- 60 years ago this week as I write, left a personal and professional void in the lives of both. The other considered him his closest boyhood acquaintance. One was married to him for 11 of the 14 years they knew each other. I bowed to give them thanks for concurrent shows of Jackson Pollock (at MoMA), Lee Krasner (at Robert Miller Gallery) and Philip Guston (at Hauser & Wirth Gallery). Recently, the Art Show Scheduling Gods smiled, and? Voila! A rare chance to see shows of three Artists with an intriguing connection (almost) side by side. Written & Photographed by Kenn Sava (*- unless otherwise credited) NoteWorthy PhotoBooks, 2023: Nan Goldin: This Will Not End WellĬategories Categories Terms, Privacy & Copyright Information. NoteWorthy Art Books, 2023: Hughie Lee-Smith.Kenn Sava – Finalist for the 2023 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Award.Mohammed Sami: The Power of Invisibility.*-from "Deacon Blues" by Steely Dan's Donald Fagen & Walter Becker, published by Universal Music Publishing Group Search NighthawkNYC Here- Search for: Recent Posts And, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on anything you'll wake up tomorrow and wish you hadn't. "Sensations that stagger the mind."*īut? I'm not going to stop there, so hold on to your stool, and let's see what the night brings. I started NighthawkNYC to share what I've discovered along the way- as Steely Dan put it so well. Anyway.Art and Music are my twin passions, and have been for a very long time. I named this site NighthawkNYC in homage to Hopper’s immortal Painting, and that figure that no one ever talks about. As much as any work of Art I've ever seen is. Well, that figure, sitting with his back to us is. I felt like I was standing next to my soul. Here, I’m standing in front of the REAL Nighthawks, Edward Hopper's Timeless Masterpiece from 1942, at the "old" Whitney Museum during the Hopper Drawing Show in 2013. Welcome to my site. Here I am as you'll find me most times- out somewhere in NYC, listening to Music and looking at Art. Good evening! I'm Kenn Sava, the Denizen of.
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