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1978, 16 pp., 9 b/w illus. paperback
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  Essay by Carter Ratcliff

The nine painters featured in this catalogue--Cynthia Carlson, Martha Diamond, Harmony Hammond, Margo Margolas, Elizabeth Murray, Howardena Pindell, Rodney Ripps, Joan Thorne, and John Torreano--enliven their painterly gestures with an immediate and resonant sense of texture. Carter Ratcliff's essay characterizes this work as a reaction to the failure of Modernist formalism to achieve its goal of universal clarity. These artists, he suggests, invite speculation and embrace a sense of mystery in the artistic process.

   
   

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