Pietro Roccasalva

http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/through_the_looking_glass/

Artist statements

Are they necessary?

Painting titles

Are they necessary? Here is an example of the kind often seen today:
"I'm leaving now, never to return again, I'll miss the stars, the birds and the way you smiled at me"

At MoMA yesterday

Favorite things: Gabriele Orozco, particularly the large table containing various odds and ends.
Jacob Lawrence paintings
Joan Jonas video installation

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A wonderful recording

A quote for today

"Paintings have a long life span, which turns them into very abstract elements. Paintings were the first transmitters. No matter how long they are hung in a museum, three years or 400 years, they still give you something." Luc Tuymans

A Cezanne

http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=45986&image=8534&c=gg80