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Christopher Quirk

Christopher Quirk

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Dec 13, 2023

Some thoughts on Robert Irwin’s “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue³”

On a nasty February day in 2007, I headed out to Chelsea to see Robert Irwin’s installation, “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue³” at…

Some thoughts on Robert Irwin’s “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue³”

Christopher Quirk

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May 13, 2022

Gratitude

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…

Gratitude

Christopher Quirk

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Jul 28, 2021

Flights and Perchings

Paul Cézanne was trying to tell us something.

Flights and Perchings

Christopher Quirk

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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…

The Creative Faculty

Christopher Quirk

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Oct 19, 2020

Vade Mecum

You can take it with you

Vade Mecum

Christopher Quirk

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Oct 5, 2020

The Meaning of Meaning

What is meaning in art, and who creates it?

The Meaning of Meaning

Christopher Quirk

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Oct 1, 2020

Doubt

In art and creation

Doubt

Christopher Quirk

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Sep 24, 2016

Stuart Davis: Socko, Boffo

A closer look at an often underappreciated 20th century painter

Stuart Davis: Socko, Boffo

Christopher Quirk

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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…

Passage

Christopher Quirk

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Mar 14, 2014

Ed Clark: Body and Mind

The late paintings of a singular artist

Ed Clark: Body and Mind

Christopher Quirk

Christopher Quirk

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

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