Acrylic painting with raw pigment on canvas, Monk and Bedding by Stephen Mueller.
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Stephen Mueller, Monk and Bedding, 1982, acrylic and raw pigment on canvas 63 × 64 inches.
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Georgia Marsh, Paul Bowles, Michael McClard, Olivier Mosset & Fred Brathwaite, and Duncan Hannah. Cover by Mary Heilmann.
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.
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