Larry Poons
Larry Poons | |
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School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Art Students League of New York. | |
Known for | Abstract art |
Notable work | Brown Sound,[1] Night on Cold Mountain, Day on Cold Mountain |
Spouse | Paula DeLuccia |
Lawrence M. "Larry" Poons (born October 1, 1937) is an American
Career
Associated with
His painting, Brown Sound was featured on the cover of the Summer issue of Artforum in 1968. Poons was included in Emile de Antonio's 1972 documentary Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940-1970 and he was the subject of Hollis Frampton's 1966 film, Manual of Arms. Poons is also included in Andy Warhol's 1967 Portrait of the Artists,[6] which includes Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, Lee Bontecou, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Morris, and James Rosenquist—all of whom had collaborated on a series of prints through Leo Castelli. A documentary on Poons's work, titled Larry Poons: On Making Art: ART/New York No. 51, was made in 1999 by videographer Paul Tschinkel.[7] Poons is also a feature figure, along with Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter, and Njideka Akunyili Crosby in Nathaniel Kahn's 2018 documentary on the business of selling art, The Price of Everything.[8][9]
Other endeavors
Although Poons gave up musical composition, he played guitar with
He currently resides primarily in New York City, but also maintains a studio in upstate New York.
Collections
Larry Poons has works in dozens of collections throughout the world, including the
References
- ^ Cover of Artforum
- ^ Daniel Robbins catalogue essay for "Larry Poons: Paintings 1963–1990" at Salander-O'Reilly Galleries in 1990
- ^ The Art Students League- Instructors Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Smith, Roberta (January 23, 2014). "Larry Poons: 'New Paintings'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ Poons in conversation with Karen Wilkin
- ^ "Portraits of the Artists from Ten from Leo Castelli". MoMA. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "Larry Poons: On Making Art: ART/new york No. 51". artnewyork.org. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ Lang, Brent (January 16, 2018). "Sundance: HBO Buys "Price of Everything"". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- New York Observer. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-241-00338-1p. 297
- ^ Wilkin, Karen (Summer 2010), "At the Galleries", The Hudson Review, 63 (2): 299+, archived from the original on 2016-03-10
- ^ Calendar & Results, American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association, retrieved December 16, 2012
- ^ Velocity: Larry Poons; Bio, The Sam & Adele Golden Gallery At Golden Artist Colors, New Berlin NY, 2011
Further reading
- Griffith, Laura Susan, Larry Poons and the Evolution of Stylistic Diametrics, Cleveland, Ohio, Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University, 1983.
- Moffett, Kenworth, Larry Poons, Paintings, 1971-1981, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1981.
External links
- Official Website
- 2017 Robert C. Morgan review for Hyperallergic
- 2016 Interview with David Ebony for the Brooklyn Rail
- 2014 Peter Malone review, for Hyperallergic
- Oral history interview with Poons in the Archives of American Art
- Larry Poons in ArtCyclopedia
- Larry Poons interviewed by Robert Ayers, retrieved February 25, 2009
- Larry Poons biography on Widewalls