<span style="font-style: italic;">"from where you just arrived"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">vs</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">a square</span></span> with returns eventually returns to a corner."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6041/6341526296_45d69dbdb5_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6041/6341526296_45d69dbdb5_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 697px; height: 787px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"When we are honest – that’s my saying – <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves</span></span>. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others. You see that is the nonsense of the last 15, 20 years, the two decades, of the great famous American decades of Abstract Expressionism.<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is wrong there is that everyone wants to be different from the already different ones.</span></span> And then they ended up all alike. And we are tired of that. And the youngsters feel that now. And they don’t continue, you see. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span>They see this will not last</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">- Josef Albers.... 1968, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6341520030_d436848f5e_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6341520030_d436848f5e_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 830px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6340770507_f9429067a1_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6340770507_f9429067a1_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 706px; height: 459px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"from where you just arrived"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">vs</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">a square</span></span> with returns eventually returns to a corner."</span><br /><br /><br />1. <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Andree Putman</span></span>, from the book "Complete Works." Paris 1992. "The bathroom, containing a bathtub, square sink composed as a single block, and recessed soap holder is covered entirely in gray ceramic 5 x 5 tiles. Along the walls runs a rhythmic frieze of glass squares gilded with white gold. Hidden in niches behnd a beveld mirror are storage spaces. An illuminated groove is recessed in the false ceiling, under a pane of sandblasted glass. The pendant lamps are covered in shades made of parchment, similar to Chinese lanterns....<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Andree-Putman-Complete-Donald-Albrecht/dp/0847832465"> (here)</a><br /><br />2. <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Manuel Canovas</span></span>, Paris, textiles...<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><a href="http://www.manuelcanovas.com/en/collections/2010/" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">see the entire collection here...</a> perfect for sofa upholstery, faded squares of light.<br /><br />3. <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Laura Owens</span></span>. at<a href="http://www.pepinmoore.com/Pepin_Moore/Main.html" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Pepin Moore</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></a>.. <span style="font-style: italic;">"From Where You Just Arrived"</span>.... <span style="font-style: italic;">A brilliant show of paintings in Chinatown. This smaller work by Laura Owens captivated me with its pink and blue grids, and has stuck in my mind throughout the weekend. Other works by Jonas Wood and Ruby Neri, and lots of impressive smaller works at Pepin Moore.... </span><br /><br />"Organized by Ryan Schneider in New York and Jonas Wood in Los Angeles. Schneider and Wood draw comparisons between the painting scenes in their respective cities by including the work of artists in their immediate circles of friends and contemporaries. The exhibition, inclusive of works by nine artists from each city, exposes the dialog between these two centers of contemporary American painting. "<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />----------------------

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