My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
—
Yayoi Kusama
Burnt Umber by John Egner
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John Egner, Burnt Umber, 1980, oil on canvas, 106 × 174 inches.
Related
Originally published in
BOMB 4,
Fall 1982
Georgia Marsh, Paul Bowles, Michael McClard, Olivier Mosset & Fred Brathwaite, and Duncan Hannah. Cover by Mary Heilmann.
