Q:What key details about larry poons can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: lawrence poons -lrb- born october 1 , 1937 -rrb- , better known as larry poons , is an abstract painter who was born in tokyo , japan . he studied from 1955 to 1957 at the new england conservatory of music , with the intent of becoming a professional musician . in 1959 , he enrolled at the school of the museum of fine arts , boston , and also studied at the art students league of new york . he rose to prominence in the 1960s with paintings of circles and ovals on solid -- often brilliantly colored -- backgrounds . these paintings conveyed a sense of movement , and were categorized as op art . although he exhibited with optical artists in 1965 , by 1966 he had moved away from the optical art towards looser and more painterly abstract canvases . his work is associated with op art , hard-edge painting , color field painting , lyrical abstraction and abstract expressionism . larry poons taught at the art students league from 1966-1970 and currently teaches at the league -lrb- since 1997 -rrb- . he played guitar with the druds , a short-lived avant-garde noise music art band that featured prominent members of the new york proto-conceptual art and minimal art community in the early 60s . as a vintage motorcycle racer who divides his time between painting and motorcycle racing , poons has been given special awards from the american historic racing motorcycle association -lrb- ahrma -rrb- , including the '' 500 cc '' hailwood cup in 1998 and 2003 , and the 2003 john & ginny demoisey trophy for road racing couples , with his wife , painter paula deluccia . he races a matchless g50 and a ducati 250 . he currently resides primarily in new york city , but also maintains a studio in upstate new york .
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- training is school . art students league of new york . of the museum of fine arts , boston- caption is larry poons , '' untitled , '' ca. 1964- spouse is paula deluccia- field is abstract art- works is oway- birth date is 1 october 1937- name is larry poons- image is untitled painting by larry poons , ca.1964.jpg- birth place is tokyo , japan