Philip Guston: A Centennial Exhibition at MCKEE GALLERY

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
  • This exhibition celebrates the 100 anniversary of Guston's birth. Philip Guston (1913 --1980) was one of the most recognized painters of the second half of the twentieth century. Gaining early recognition for his narrative paintings, he had firsthand contact with some of Abstract Expressionism's founders and joined that movement's second wave, becoming the prototypical Abstract Impressionist. After nearly twenty years and a burgeoning career as an abstract painter, Guston became frustrated with the isolated nature of his art, and decided to reenter the world of figurative painting, using the examples of cartoonists like George Herriman and Robert Crumb as a jumping off point for his poignant critiques of humanity. This show presents twenty-five paintings and drawings many of which have received only limited exposure. A musical introduction by "Super Bad Brad" (AKA Brad Prowly) was recorded live on the streets of Williamsburg Brooklyn.

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  • @mayormc
    @mayormc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Mr James for another stellar post. 20 years ago, I hated the late Guston work. Today, I find it fascinating and influential. Nice close-ups of that deep brush work too.

  • @camilopalomino8319
    @camilopalomino8319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. Tu cobertura de la Expo es una maravilla. Y el acompañamiento musical no podría ser más apropiado. De corazón muchas gracias. Nos permite ver unas pinturas muy hermosas. Saludos,

  • @RLCroft-yi2cw
    @RLCroft-yi2cw 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I think Guston was especially enthralled by Uccello, which is evident in his earliest "street battle" paintings as he transitioned from social realism into increasingly abstracted work, back in the 40s, I believe. The book is a few feet away, but it's 5am and I need to get my ass to work at the assisted living facility as a maintenance man. Boy, what would I have thought about that in 1980, had I known where my BFA would lead? Thanks for your reviews. --Robin rlcroftdotcom

  • @elizabethboustead2841
    @elizabethboustead2841 11 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love jameskalm videos. It's like he's looking for me. Not quite the same as being there but the next best thing when you live on the other side of the world and down. Thanks for Philip Guston USA.

  • @javiertrivino5729
    @javiertrivino5729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks so much James, love your videos! Greetings from Spain

  • @benksy96
    @benksy96 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This entire channel is so high quality holy guacamole thank you

  • @sibastoune
    @sibastoune 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A big thank you for this coverage of Guston exhibition. You know, when you live in a fucking village like Montréal, you don't have any chance to see great exhibition like this.

  • @johnbrocado1083
    @johnbrocado1083 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    the guy is a genius, enlightening and bright!

  • @katgillang
    @katgillang 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love Guston. Found a book of his work when I was in High School and I just fell in love with it. THANKS KATE! :)

  • @jennyhughes4474
    @jennyhughes4474 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great show, thanks James & Kate.

  • @johntaylor771
    @johntaylor771 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tremendous James! a reflective and erudite commentary-Guston had a large exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria around 1985 when I was an art student-the paintings at Mc Kee are strangely fresh and animated.best wishes! and thanks

  • @ziraprod6090
    @ziraprod6090 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much (again).

  • @chezceleste
    @chezceleste 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you again Kate.

  • @trapazoidalwindow
    @trapazoidalwindow 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoyed this viewing from Singapore. Love PG's painterliness. Nice to see the light's shine emphasizing his physicality with the brush. Thanks for the share, jameskalm!

  • @2s2s2ss
    @2s2s2ss 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a million James! love the closeups and the commentary! Super to get a chance to see this.

  • @guardian1111
    @guardian1111 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the art scene reportage. Really appreciate your coverage. Keep it up.

  • @chriserskineartist
    @chriserskineartist 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have always found Guston very challenging. Drawn by the strange and mysterious subject matter, but also pushed away by it. How he constructs his compositions is also interesting. Thanks James and Kate. Chris

  • @wikidub
    @wikidub 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video James - one of your best - about a great artist. Thanks for sharing for those not in NYC.

  • @ljphilp
    @ljphilp 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for a great walking tour of the Guston exhibition.

  • @tharkanzox1493
    @tharkanzox1493 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "the only duty of a painter is to be free." -PG

  • @michelleroy7345
    @michelleroy7345 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Troublant mais tellement fascinant , merci pour ce merveilleux voyage au delà de la peinture.

  • @elation0x
    @elation0x 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your service sir

  • @brydon10
    @brydon10 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Really great work here

  • @geosebsr
    @geosebsr 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo great video! Great, great art. these works are a national treasure!

  • @annelllivingston2797
    @annelllivingston2797 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, James! Another good one!

  • @ARCTERYXSWEATSHOP
    @ARCTERYXSWEATSHOP 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    brad & this artist = DOPE EPISODE

  • @jcbw786
    @jcbw786 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That really does my heart good - Thanks!

  • @SCANREIGH
    @SCANREIGH 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello from Nîmes and thank you a lot ! Scanreigh

  • @TheTerminalExpress
    @TheTerminalExpress 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only one early, abstract piece? CRIMINAL.

  • @hswatnik
    @hswatnik 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    very outstanding tour- a work of art in itself!

  • @chezceleste
    @chezceleste 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Kate.

  • @thirdrockjul2224
    @thirdrockjul2224 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Kate

  • @JohnBrown-be6re
    @JohnBrown-be6re 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    many thanks for filming this..i always think Gustons paintings are like mirages, you think you know whats there but its, in reality, difficult to pin down. i am wondering if this is because of his slipping between figuration and abstraction and his mastery of form.

  • @alinashevyakova2888
    @alinashevyakova2888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vielen Dank!!!!

  • @davidwilliams7935
    @davidwilliams7935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After all these years the camera work is just as lousy on today's TH-cam videos as this one was. Simple rules, hold your camera steady and don't point it every time your head turns to look at something.

  • @cervantesmoisess
    @cervantesmoisess 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    THNK YOU JAMES

  • @simonegad
    @simonegad 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    also james kalm-very very nice. love guston

  • @fuktface
    @fuktface 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fuck, that little black and white painting of a lonely ass little book blew my mind. geeeezus.

  • @strangethingsmoss
    @strangethingsmoss 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are the best!!!!

  • @elizabethboustead2841
    @elizabethboustead2841 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I also saw the show in Melbourne in 1985. Lucky.

  • @michael4250
    @michael4250 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seasick movement never stops. How about a still shot that actually shows the entire painting?

  • @eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehy
    @eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    BEAUTIFULL INTRO

  • @ed-od9sd
    @ed-od9sd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    oh man only if this was in 4k.....

  • @MegaZidzid
    @MegaZidzid 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It all looks like unobtrusive version of naïve art. Very nice art.

  • @hellorodney
    @hellorodney 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellent,,,thanks

  • @hammerjammer
    @hammerjammer 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    so sweet!

  • @simonegad
    @simonegad 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    the videos are actually loren munk's. wonderful

  • @michaellawson2797
    @michaellawson2797 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Guston was one of pollock's closest friends

  • @Johnconno
    @Johnconno 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brad Pitt's blinding Richard Ashcroft 'ommage, they were the days.

  • @wblake1
    @wblake1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super Bad Brad!

  • @cimerioporinternet5989
    @cimerioporinternet5989 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    es un trabajo interesante,esos cuadros donde usa la escala y colores puros estan bien

  • @xyzllii
    @xyzllii 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The trick is to hold the camera still.

  • @RLCroft-yi2cw
    @RLCroft-yi2cw 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I adore Guston's work. Unshakably. But I've always held Westermann (and other imagists) in equally high regard, because he bucked the muteness of AbEx elitism (you know it's true) and went the shunpiker route. Do you know if Guston ever commented on these artists? Was he aware of Westermann? If anyone had a claim to the imagery and angst of our times, HCW beats them all. The guy shot down a kamikaze who was diving down his gun barrels for christ's sake. --Robin rlcroftdotcom

  • @Johnconno
    @Johnconno 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guston's fucking great. How many inches wide was the painting at 9.05? 😂🇺🇸💨

  • @AndrewWeisMusic
    @AndrewWeisMusic 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only one abstract one? Bummer..

  • @simonegad
    @simonegad 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    james kal m. sorry

  • @RLCroft-yi2cw
    @RLCroft-yi2cw 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's it take to get you to ride your bike to my world and review work that Guston continues to influence 35 years after art school, in the face of complete anonymity and daily doubt, while suffering the cold shoulder of DC, the endless unanswered attempts to find representation and serious critical attention? I'd buy your tires when they went Guston-flat. I'd fill your water bottle with Guston-green energy drink. I'd resole your shoes with Guston-nails. --Robin wwwdotrlcroft

  • @boandersson9134
    @boandersson9134 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im in shame.... I dont like his paintings....fleshy pink and underground drawing style I get a feeling of a tragic life going on for decades. 😳

    • @boandersson9134
      @boandersson9134 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean underground cartoon style....

  • @cliffdariff74
    @cliffdariff74 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for all ur videos, however Guston is one painter where I don't see the beauty or get what all the fuss is about. it's just not there for me, the cartoonist nature of it all... I do like the color.

  • @artbyty
    @artbyty 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vid! Bad singing. : P

  • @electrocatodo
    @electrocatodo 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don´t know how come this artist ended up painting these non sense cartoons drawings look like, instead of keeping his former abstract expresionist style like other artists did of his generation.In my humble opinion his former style is further good as these monotonous cartoons.

    • @benwoodcock5539
      @benwoodcock5539 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Joche lol

    • @robertgiles9124
      @robertgiles9124 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hmmmm, cartoons worth millions. The Jury has spoken. Gee, you don't know "how come this artist ended up painting these"… maybe because they are great and you simply can't see it.

  • @JeffersonDinedAlone
    @JeffersonDinedAlone 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    When did crap come to be considered art? I know it's still crap, but, when?