Willem de Kooning "End of a New Beginning" at GAGOSIAN

James Kalm is back on the "low down" to bring viewers exclusive footage of this historical exhibition. Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was born in Holland and arrived in America as a stowaway in 1926. By combining his classical European training with the non-objective abstraction developing in New York in the 1940s he established himself as a founder of "Action Painting". After a long career as one of America's most recognized painters, and due in part to severe alcoholism, in the late seventies he displayed symptoms of Alzheimer's like dementia. This show documents the radical distillation of his late style, resulting in a reduction to linear strokes in primary colors, and displays his mastery of painting though his disease had incapacitated him in most other areas of life.

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[chivaleader89]

where's this again?

[jameskalm]

Gogasian Gallery West 21st Street, September 2007.

[jeffreycollins]

James, thanks for the art history fact at the end of the video. I didn't know that, and wish I had known that the last time I visited NYC. I would have found the house and thought about all the great paintings made in that place by DeKooning and Resnick.

[MrChubbington]

Fabulous video welldone. De Kooning was simply a brilliant artist. An inspiration to see any of his paintings aspecially his early works woman's series and his black and white paintings when at the time he couldn't afford to buy colour oils! Then came escavation and we know the rest.

[mattsimmons1]

thanks for posting these videos james, u have a great attitude and eye for art!

[fullofcolourart]

love all your vids James!

[KeithHarperSF]

An absolutely gorgeous show.

[DoctorLawyerWhatever]

Give me a weekend with canvases the size of garage doors, plenty of paint and supplies, and a couple of cases of beer...

[panther9able]

Amazing paintings! It's a sheer joy to look them! I've always enjoyed Willem De Kooning's pictures.Fantastic video of his work!

[panther9able]

Amazing Paintings! It's a sheer joy to look at them!

[jaco2627]

extremely exciting to see.

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[flaternativety]

I forgot the one on 25th street was pretty much more impressive.as a "gallery"

[flaternativety]

to be IN THIS GALLERY, will probably make my bathrooms look good anyway...a place to see... not saying any opinion towards the paintings here.