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Though painting dominated Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning<\/a>\u2019s career, his bronze sculpture \u2018Standing Figure\u2019 takes over a room of paintings in a standout show of the iconic artist\u2019s work at Gagosian Gallery<\/a> in Chelsea.\u00a0 Showcasing pieces from the \u201840s to the \u201880s, including major loans from MoMA and the Guggenheim and organized with the support of the Willem de Kooning Foundation, this expansive exhibition offers the opportunity to consider work from different periods of de Kooning\u2019s career in light of his continual reference to the human body.\u00a0 Placed in proximity to nearly figurative work from early career to the pared down, elegant abstractions of his final painting years, this monumental bronze recalls de Kooning\u2019s observation that \u201ceven abstract shapes must have a likeness.\u201d (On view in Chelsea through June 14th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Willem De Kooning, Standing Figure, bronze, 148 x 252 x 80 inches, 1969-84.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Though painting dominated Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning\u2019s career, his bronze sculpture \u2018Standing Figure\u2019 takes over a room of paintings in a standout show of the iconic artist\u2019s work at Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea.\u00a0 Showcasing pieces from the \u201840s to the \u201880s, including major loans from MoMA and the Guggenheim and organized with the support … <\/p>\n

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