LEE KRASNER: 'LIVING COLOR' at the Guggenheim Bilbao

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LEE KRASNER: LIVING COLOR

September 18, 2020 - January 10, 2021

Lee Krasner (1908–1984) was born in Brooklyn as Lena Krassner and grew up in an Orthodox Jewish, Russian émigré family. She decided to become an artist at the age of 14, and was one of the first artists in New York to adopt an entirely abstract approach. She went on to be one of the pioneers of Abstract Expressionism. In 1942, her work was included in a group exhibition entitled French and American Painting, and the only fellow exhibitor that she had not met was Jackson Pollock, so she decided to visit his studio. From then on, they were together and in 1945 they married and moved to Springs, Long Island.

Unlike many of her contemporaries, Krasner refused to develop a “signature image,” which she considered to be “rigid rather than being alive.” Working in cycles, she continually sought out new means for authentic expression, even during the most tumultuous of times, which included Pollock's emotional volatility and his sudden death in a car crash in 1956. Krasner's formidable spirit is felt throughout the body of work that she created over more than fifty years in the studio—celebrated in this exhibition.

Exhibition organized by Barbican Centre, London in collaboration with the #guggenheimmuseumbilbao. With the support of the Terra Foundation for American Art

Curators: Eleanor Nairne and Lucía Agirre

www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus

- Fotogallery (14)

3 Lee Krasner Mosaic Table 1947 Private Collection Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

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2 Shattered Color 1954 Private Collection The Pollock-Krasner Foundation 2017 Christies Images

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5 Lee Krasner Bald Eagle 1955 Collection of Audrey Irmas The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Photo by Jonathan Urban

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4 Lee Krasner Composition 1949 The Pollock Krasner Foundation

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9 Lee Krasner Combat 1965 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation

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7 Lee Krasner Polar Stampede 1960 Doris and Donald Fisher Collection San Francisco MoMA The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Courtesy Kasmin Gallery

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8 Lee Krasner Another Storm 1963 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Courtesy Kasmin Gallery

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6 Lee Krasner Prophecy 1956 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Kasmin Gallery Photo by Christopher Stach

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11 Lee Krasner Palingenesis 1971 Pollock Krasner Foundation

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10 Lee Krasner Siren 1966 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Photo by Cathy Carver copia