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Gao Xingjian’s “Return to Painting”

This is a favorite of mine, a gift from my sister a few years ago. Gao draws astounding forms from black ink and paper, pulling image from abstraction and bleeding ink in a way that reminds me of Joseph Beuys’ … Continue reading

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Lemonade Stand

I’m not sure what age I was when I had my lemonade stand – let’s call it eight years old or so. I don’t know if it even lasted an hour, but in any case, I nailed legs onto a … Continue reading

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Black Ink

Several people asked me about relationships between the ink drawings in Time and Attention and the prints. Many of the drawings were made during a period when I was working on images for Richard Loranger’s book Poems for Teeth.  Working … Continue reading

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Teeth for Poems/Poems for Teeth

In 2005 I worked with Richard Loranger on his book Poems for Teeth (We Press), a mammoth endeavor that includes a lengthy poem for each of the 32 adult human teeth. In Richard’s reading of the mouth, each tooth takes … Continue reading

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