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Repository 142: The Furtive Voice | Richard Tuttle Prints at Bowdoin College
Richard Tuttle is to kale as Richard Serra is to beef wellington. Richard Tuttle is to whisper as Jeff Koons is to scream. Known for his understatement in drawing and sculpture next month Richard Tuttle’s prints will collectively be shown for the first time in an exhibit at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Richard Tuttle’s work looks effortless on the surface and can send a viewer to lofty heights of inquiry and reflection on the self, or into a rage…
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Repository 96: Word for Word | Text Artists Tee Off in Dueling Museum Retrospectives
This month launches the retrospective of two artists, both enamored with words. Robert Indiana’s “Love” paintings launched a thousand “Love” products in the late 60’s, while Christopher Wool’s au courant fuck you paintings invoke the hater in all of us. The former has his very first retrospective at the Whitney through January, and the latter is at the Guggenheim also through January. Robert Indiana is of Pop Art fame – he launched his career in the thick of the Lichtenstein/Warhol…
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