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Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke Chair and Ottoman, 1988, painted wood, Chair, 70¾ × 17¾ × 24 inches; Ottoman, 23 × 20⅓ × 16½ inches. Courtesy of Leo Castelli.
Lithograph, screen print, collage and stencil piece on a folding, five panel screen of a table set for tea, Caribbean Tea Time by David Hockney. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
Five standing lacquered wood panels in relief, Remember and Forget by Ed Ruscha. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
Oil painting on nine wood panels, La Combe II by Ellsworth Kelly. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
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Work that is just about the technical or conceptual, personal or political, is fine; it meets the world with what’s in fashion. But there’s something else bordering on magic, that brings an artwork home, makes it land and resonate. You can’t really teach that so much as conjure it.
Kara Walker
