Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations; it…

Jerry Saltz
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Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations; it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness. ✨ Ask an Art Critic: Jerry Saltz Answers Your Questions About George Condo, Online Art Fairs, and What Abstraction Really Is by Jerry Saltz, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 24, 2011.
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