Word: colorization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What can an artist do with a dot? A lot -if he is Larry Poons. His works are gigantic fields of solid color, spangled with hard-edged dots; when gazed at for any length of time, they seem to dance out and surround the viewer. They have served Poons very well indeed. His canvases have been snapped up, and his six one-man shows have all been sellouts, although his prices range up to $6,000. Still only 31, Poons has become a prodigy of the Manhattan art world, but he clearly has no intention of resting on his reputation...
Like Mondrian, Poons sketched his designs on lined paper, but developed his own style of round dots that bounced gaily about on a field of contrasting color in carefully coordinated and nonrepeating rhythms. Next, he began to add elliptical dots to the round ones in order to orchestrate his scores with anywhere from two to nine different colors. East India Jack, a sprightly hornpipe, plays off three sprays of round green dots against four of elliptical blue dots and a spattering of purple ones...
...result is a series of melancholy pools of radiance. For some time, Poons' dots have been growing larger and more transparent. Now, in addition, he creates a varied, blotchy background by pouring his paint directly onto a canvas spread on the floor, then sweeping the color around with a broom...
...color of a dry doe in brown...
Glamour, image and sex appeal are not his bag. At a rehearsal, he is one plain musician talking to others. He may interrupt the music to say, "Take some of that color out of the A flat," or "Make this more crescendo." But he never indulges in exhibitionism or talkfests, which often earn other conductors only the scorn of their players. At a concert, he makes few flourishes in the direction of the audience. "I have no patience," he says, "with those conductors who, though their backs are physically turned to the spectators, spiritually face the ticketholders in an expressionist...