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Roberto Juarez, Praying on the Road, 1983, pastel on paper, 22 × 12 inches.
A painting of oil pastel on paper, titled Page of Signs, by Marilyn Lerner.
Two oil pastel on canvas works, Bois Chenu (Jeanne La Pucelle) and Itzam Na T’UI by Dan Asher.
Charcoal and pastel drawing on paper, Acedia by Michelle Zalopany.
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Edouard Roditi by Bradford Morrow, Taylor Meadeby Alf Young, art by Elizabeth Murray, Ellen Phelan, Pat Steir, and more.
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
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