Dorothea Tanning 1910-2012
Pounding Strong, 1981
oil on canvas
82 x 80 inches
208.3 x 203.2 cm
208.3 x 203.2 cm
In her own words: My painting called Pounding Strong was begun by looking out the window at these crazy kids careening down Fifth Avenue on roller skates, wearing earphones, and...
In her own words:
My painting called Pounding Strong was begun by looking out the window at these crazy kids careening down Fifth Avenue on roller skates, wearing earphones, and carrying their powerful radios. They are like archangels. I wouldn’t be too surprised if they took to the air. I’m coming to terms with something which is more just generally human—archangels aside…
–from interview with Carlo McCormick, “Dorothea Tanning,” BOMB 33, (Fall 1990) p. 40, reprinted in Dorothea Tanning: Web of Dreams, London: Alison Jacques Gallery, 2014.
My painting called Pounding Strong was begun by looking out the window at these crazy kids careening down Fifth Avenue on roller skates, wearing earphones, and carrying their powerful radios. They are like archangels. I wouldn’t be too surprised if they took to the air. I’m coming to terms with something which is more just generally human—archangels aside…
–from interview with Carlo McCormick, “Dorothea Tanning,” BOMB 33, (Fall 1990) p. 40, reprinted in Dorothea Tanning: Web of Dreams, London: Alison Jacques Gallery, 2014.