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3 May 2025

Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art with David Salle (Part 1)

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Photo of David Salle by Robert Wright (2016)     I.    I'm guessing many UK readers of a certain age will remember the 1982 Fun Boy Thre...
1 May 2025

Notes on David Salle's Introduction to How to See (2016)

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(W. W. Norton, 2016) [a]     I.    As I've been looking at and thinking about art quite a bit recently, it seemed a good idea to read Da...
29 Apr 2025

Pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo

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  SJ Fuerst: Crab (2025) [1] Oil paint on stuffed PVC toy, mounted on oil painted board   And a crab one afternoon in a pool, / An old crab...
27 Apr 2025

For Tinks

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Tinkerbell staring at me through the kitchen window  (Feb 2025)   'The dead by the road, or on it, testify to the presence of man.'...
26 Apr 2025

Reflections on a Fat Sand Rat

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Top: photo of a fat sand rat by fmeijerdd (2023)  on deviantart.com   Bottom: Joan Miró: Le Rat des Sables (1975)  Aquatint in colours on A...
25 Apr 2025

In Praise of the Chance Encounter of Objects and Bodies: Reflections on David Salle's Postmodern Pastoral

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David Salle: Suspenders (2025)  Oil, acrylic, Flashe and charcoal on archival UV print on linen  (72 x 108 in)   ropac.net   'I've ...
24 Apr 2025

Egon Schiele's Portraits on Paper: Poignant, Provocative, or Pornographic?

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Egon Schiele: Moa (1911) [1] Gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper  (48 x 31 cm) omertiroche.com   'I do not deny that I have made d...

Joan Miró: Monumental Printmaking by An Artist Assassin

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Joan Miró: Gargantua (1977)  Etching and aquatint with carborundum on Arches wove paper  159.5 x 120 cm shaperomodern.com     'I try t...