Lecture: Figuring Gender in the Works of Willem de Kooning and Beyond

In this talk Christa Noel Robbins discusses how gender is figured in Willem de Kooning’s paintings and drawings—many of which are featured in the exhibition Willem de Kooning Drawing .
Focusing on de Kooning’s unorthodox process, she shows that gender is destabilized in these works, appearing as a deeply ambivalent expression that can be likened to one’s own conflicted experience of inhabiting gender. Robbins will also explore similarly ambivalent expressions of identity in the works of other key New York School painters.
Support for this program is provided by the Allan McNab Endowed Fund.
This event has been moved to Fullerton Hall. If you have already registered, you will receive a new ticket with the updated location via email.
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