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Guston

American  
[guhs-tuhn] / ˈgʌs tən /

noun

  1. Philip, 1912–80, U.S. abstract expressionist painter, born in Canada.


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Sept. 14 “Three Voices,” the Resonance Collective at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles Morton Feldman’s “Three Voices” is a mesmerizing hommage to a friend, the late painter Philip Guston.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

In one strip, Kolly visits a Junior Times columnist, Tony Correra, who in real life lived blocks from Guston in South Los Angeles.

From New York Times Jun. 4, 2024

And while Warhol and Lichtenstein depicted mass-market products and pop-culture characters, Guston burrowed deep within himself.

From Washington Post Apr. 18, 2023

As a young artist in Los Angeles in the early 1930s, Philip Guston sometimes made pictures of Ku Klux Klan members.

From Washington Post Apr. 18, 2023

At the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C., “content advisories” currently accompany the new Philip Guston exhibition, which includes Klan-style figures and was designed to allow visitors to easily bypass controversial pieces.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2023

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