The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center and the Elaine de Kooning House are partnering to present the installation “Elaine de Kooning x Eric Haze: Memory Image” at the Pollock-Krasner House. Viewings will be held on Saturday, March 15, and Saturday, April 5.
The genesis of this exhibition began in 1972, when a 10-year-old Haze and his younger sister sat to have their portrait painted by Elaine de Kooning. While in the studio, de Kooning provided Haze with a set of paints and instructed him in the creation of two abstract canvases.
In 2020, long since having established himself as a leading street artist and graphic designer, Haze revisited this childhood memory during his residency at the Elaine de Kooning House. The paintings he made during this residency recall those nascent marks, repetitions of the childhood abstractions in graphic grayscale, charting the genealogy of a gesture over 50 years.
In “Memory Image,” the abstractions which Haze made with de Kooning are accompanied by his recent reiterations, the portrait de Kooning painted of Haze and his sister and a self-portrait by de Kooning. Visitors will have three public opportunities to view the installation. The exhibition will be on view during a Member’s Jazz Night event on Saturday, March 15, from 6 to 9 p.m. and at a free public open house on Saturday, April 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eric Haze will also deliver a special artist talk on Saturday, April 5, at 6 p.m. Tickets for this artist talk are available at pkhouse.org.
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center is at 830 Springs Fireplace Road in East Hampton.
Staff Writer on Mar 3, 2025