145. Woman, I. Wilem de Kooning. 1950-1952 ce Oil on canvas.

• Form
  • Ferocious woman with great fierce teeth and huge eyes
  • Large, bulbous breasts satirize women who appear in magazine advertising; smile said to be influenced by an ad of a women selling Camel cigarettes
  • Jagged lines create an overpowering image
  • The smile is a cit out of a female smile from a magazine advertisement
  • Blank stare; frozen grin
  • Ambiguous environment: vagueness, insecurity
  • Thick and thin black lines dominate
• Context
  • Combination of stereotypes; ironic comment on the banal and artificial world of film and advertising
  • Commentary on the female form in art history
  • Is she aggressive? Or have aggressions been committed against her Or both?
  • One of a series of six paintings on thai theme
  • Influenced by everything from paleolithic goddesses to pin-up girls