If the soul and the ego were objects we could look at, the soul would be a translucent heart beating.
George Condo
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Fred Valentine, Large Clown, 2005, charcoal on torn and disrupted paper, 50 × 38 inches.
Fred Valentine, Atoon for a Wobbly Optimism, 2010, oil on canvas, 9 × 12 inches
Fred Valentine, Lure, 2008–09, oil on wood panel, 10 ½ × 14 inches.
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Featuring interviews with Clifford Owens, Eve Sussman, Lisa Yuskavage, Sanford Biggers, Geoff Dyer, Kenneth Goldsmith, Neil Michael Hagerty, and Peter Eisenman.
If the soul and the ego were objects we could look at, the soul would be a translucent heart beating.
George Condo