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May 13, 2022

Gratitude

(Originally published on Quirkblog, 18 April 2014) I never met Jean-François Lyotard, though I would have loved to. A friend of mine studied with him at the graduate program at UC Irvine and told me a few winning stories. …

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Gratitude
Gratitude

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Jul 28, 2021

Flights and Perchings

Paul Cézanne was trying to tell us something. That was the strong sensation I had while viewing the exhibition of his drawings and watercolors, now at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City through 25 September. Cézanne is an artist whose work has enthralled me since I began…

Paul Cézanne

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Flights and Perchings
Flights and Perchings
Paul Cézanne

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Jun 15, 2021

The Creative Faculty

One day a few years ago I was “watching” myself paint and recall a moment when my hand was suspended over my palette table for a moment before sinking the spatula into a pile of cobalt blue. There wasn’t a particular color constraint to that decision. At that moment I…

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The Creative Faculty
The Creative Faculty
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Oct 19, 2020

Vade Mecum

You can take it with you — Some friends of mine know that I like to memorize poems. Part of it is the challenge, but more importantly if you memorize something you can carry it with you always. This is especially true for poetry. …

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Vade Mecum
Vade Mecum
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Oct 5, 2020

The Meaning of Meaning

What is meaning in art, and who creates it? — One of the things I have thought about a great deal over the years as an artist is the nature and substance of meaning. It was important to me because if I was going to devote my life to something, I wanted to figure — to the degree I could…

Art

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The Meaning of Meaning
The Meaning of Meaning
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Oct 1, 2020

Doubt

In art and creation — If you get involved in a creative endeavor, doubt is almost certainly going to be part of your experience. …

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Doubt
Doubt
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Sep 24, 2016

Stuart Davis: Socko, Boffo

A closer look at an often underappreciated 20th century painter — (This article was originally published in 2016) I went to see Stuart Davis: In Full Swing at the Whitney Museum here in New York yesterday. I have always liked his paintings very much when I’ve come across them, though he’s not a painter I ever turn to for direction or…

Stuart Davis

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Stuart Davis: Socko, Boffo
Stuart Davis: Socko, Boffo
Stuart Davis

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Nov 24, 2015

Passage

The nurse was on the phone. My mother’s temperature had spiked, a bad sign. Her cancer had metastasized broadly, but she had been surprisingly stable over the last month. It was after 9 p.m. on a Friday. I told the nurse I would take the first train up in the…

Essay

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Passage
Passage
Essay

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Mar 14, 2014

Ed Clark: Body and Mind

The late paintings of a singular artist — Ed Clark, who died a year ago next month, was an artist who created resonant and rapturous paintings using a unique method. Clark made his paintings using brooms to manipulate thick, fluid paint across raw canvas laid on the floor. One of Clark’s late exhibitions, entitled “Big Bang,” was at…

Ed Clark

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Ed Clark: Body and Mind
Ed Clark: Body and Mind
Ed Clark

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Christopher Quirk

Christopher Quirk

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Artist. Somewhere between chaos and koan. Notes on current art and inspiring miscellany. Artwork at christopherquirk.net.

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