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Nixon by Guston
Philip Guston will go down in the books as a member of the Abstract Expressionist battalion. But he is the one that came back to the figurative in later years with ruminative depictions of Ku Klux Klanners, shoes, and folks unable to get out of bed in the morning. These pieces nod some to Krazy Kat - a likely influence.
During the Watergate era he uponed President Dick Nixon as a subject. Not surprising, it was in the air and on the airwaves. Guston's Tricky Dick opus, in numerous frames, can be found, we have discovered, on the Web. The effect is that of the great artist creating a great comic. Through the sequential presentation the magic lamp Web enables, a fractured flick is produced as well. This work is not widely known.
When I first saw one of these drawings it was on a mimmeographed poster in the BU Student Union; Guston taught at BU. Have to admit, I was not godsmacked by the drawing that evening. Confession: I am far from right quite often, especially on first impression. Say Amen somebody. Go to Nixon by Guston show.
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