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Everyone Loves Robert Ryman’s…writing

As if his killer abstractions weren’t enough: lately, artists keep telling me how much they admire the words that Ryman chooses to describe his own work. Check out the simplicity of both image and text at Art Observed blog. Meantime, I’ll copy some gloss below. The title of his most recent show, alone, is great: “Robert Ryman: [...]
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Inventory: Who needs it?

Have been thinking about inventory–you know, gorgeous racks and racks full of works by brand-name artists; the stuff in back rooms of galleries. Inventory lets you know that there’s more than meets the eye in a gallery exhibition. It lets you know there’s at least some kind of relationship with the artist going on. Consignment. Outright [...]
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