With Hartigan’s team are New York poet Daisy Aldan, Barbara guests, James Merrill, Frank O’Hara, and James Schuyler, among others. Their bold lyricism and critical support are inspired by Hartigan, playing an important role in his success. He then remembers that the spirit of the rebels of these poets, mostly strange, triggered his free artistic vision at the time.
Made his debut in NCMA, Grace Hartigan: Attention of attention Combining more than 40 works created between 1952 and 1968, revealed a deep influence in the mid-20th century American poetry in this seminal artist. The first main exhibition dedicated to Hartigan in more than two decades, it is loose by themes and includes artworks influenced by poets and poets, as well as poet works that serve as customers or critical supporters.