WOMAN I - Willem DeKooning, 1950-1952

Acrylic and paper mache on canvas

24"h x 18.5"w x 4"d

Stephen Hansen’s Woman I reimagines de Kooning’s fierce portrait of womanhood through wit and delight. A distorted figure with wide eyes and a toothy grin bursts through planes of red, green, blue, and pink, her form jagged and alive with chaos. Nearby, the painter stands aghast as his model storms away—turning the drama of Abstract Expressionism into a studio farce about art, ego, and escape.