Online Class: Willem de Kooning in Context
Tuesdays, April 6–27, 1 – 3:10pm
Willem de Kooning. Untitled XIII (detail), 1975. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Katharine Ordway Collection. Artwork © 2021 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Image © Yale University Art Gallery, 2010
$220; members $198
(4 classes)
About the Class
Embedded within Willem de Kooning’s “abstract urban landscapes”—as art critic Thomas Hess described them—are layers of paint, stacked one on top of another, as if to remind us of the physicality of the act of painting. De Kooning blurred lines between himself and the object and created freely in the gestural/performative space between the two. Explore how he shaped the iconic abstract expressionists of the New York School and continued to inspire subsequent generations.
Each week, the main lecture is followed by a 30-minute discussion session that allows students the opportunity to ask questions and exchange ideas with the instructor and classmates.
Willem de Kooning. Untitled XIII, 1975. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Katharine Ordway Collection. Artwork © 2021 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Image © Yale University Art Gallery, 2010
Instructor
Matthew Palczynski
Palczynski is an art history lecturer, consultant, curator, and educator for academic, corporate, and nonprofit institutions. He regularly leads sessions on innovation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, teaches art history at Tyler School of Art and the Barnes, and presents lectures worldwide for Road Scholar.
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