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Fred Wessel

Since the Bauhaus, the term  ‘precious’ has had a negative connotation in art schools. It was a term used derisively in the ’60s to describe… Since the Bauhaus, the term  ‘precious’ has had a negative connotation in art schools. It was a term used derisively in the ’60s to describe work that did not adhere […]

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Scavengers- Ingrid Calame and Joseph Cornell – Jennifer Reeves

Scavengers- Ingrid Calame and Joseph Cornell Jennifer Reeves style="mso-spacerun: yes">     Does the meansjustify the ends in the making of art? Does a sound theory alone make theobject demonstrative? Is the artist a mute data provider and the viewer solelyresponsible for the revelation? Holding that art is capable of far more thansatisfying the urge for decorum […]

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Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall is a contemporary artist, who has become well-known for his transparencies mounted on light boxes. Jeff Wall is a contemporary artist, who has become well-known for his transparencies mounted on light boxes. He has also been involved with more traditional photographic projects. Wall depicts modern subject matter with reference to examples from the […]

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Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall is a contemporary artist, who has become well-known for his transparencies mounted on light boxes. Jeff Wall is a contemporary artist, who has become well-known for his transparencies mounted on light boxes. He has also been involved with more traditional photographic projects. Wall depicts modern subject matter with reference to examples from the […]

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Jeroen Witvliet

A painting is first and foremost an abstraction, a formalized visual, and when no longer in sight anymore, capable of becoming a pure mental image. A painting is first and foremost an abstraction, a formalized visual, and when no longer in sight anymore, capable of becoming a pure mental image. The memory of the work […]

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Jeroen Witvliet

A painting is first and foremost an abstraction, a formalized visual, and when no longer in sight anymore, capable of becoming a pure mental image. A painting is first and foremost an abstraction, a formalized visual, and when no longer in sight anymore, capable of becoming a pure mental image. The memory of the work […]

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Lemler Lost among the City – Danielle O’Steen

Lemler Lost among the City Danielle O’Steen Ghosted Message, 36″ x 30″, 2000, polaroid transfer on watercolor paper JoanLemler’s current show at the Broadway Gallery fills the space with photographsof textured emptiness, allowing the viewer to feel as if they are the mostrecent human presence in these scenes. Sinewy and antique in appearance, manyof the […]

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Joseph Wu

Origami is the art of paper folding. The word is Japanese, literally meaning to fold (oru) paper (kami). Origami is the art of paper folding. The word is Japanese, literally meaning to fold (oru) paper (kami). I encourage you to explore these pages and to make use of the resources you find here. Happy folding! […]

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Joseph Wu

Origami is the art of paper folding. The word is Japanese, literally meaning to fold (oru) paper (kami). Origami is the art of paper folding. The word is Japanese, literally meaning to fold (oru) paper (kami). I encourage you to explore these pages and to make use of the resources you find here. Happy folding! […]

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Joshua Weintraub

Joshua Weintraub’s paintings negotiate the anxious terrain between abstraction and figuration, between decipherability and obscurity. Joshua Weintraub’s paintings negotiate the anxious terrain between abstraction and figuration, between decipherability and obscurity. Through his work, Weintraub explores the relationship between painting, drawing, and writing, often using pencil and ink on his canvases to create a field of […]

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