figure
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“I have found that in accepting and immersing myself in subject matter I paint with more intensity and that the ‘hows’ of painting are more inevitably determined by the ‘whats’.” — David Park
David Park (1911-1960)
Two People in White
1957
oil on canvas
24 x 32 in.
Price realised
USD 378,000
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“There’s conflict in the world and conflict within ourselves.” — Ming Smith
Ming Smith
Sun Ra Space II, New York
1978
printed 2017
Gelatin silver print
40.6 × 50.8 cm
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“Why do people think artists are special? It’s just another job.”— Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Colored Mona Lisa
1963
silkscreen inks and graphite on canvas
125 7/8 x 82 1/8 in.
Price realised
USD 56,165,000
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“On my first trip to Iraq, I would take tons of pictures to keep up the morale and to send back to friends and family. I had everything backed up to a hard drive and I lost (crashed) that hard drive, which was very hurtful because I had pictures of family members that are deceased. I realized the only thing I could do was document life in the present.” — Michael McCoy
Photography by Michael McCoy
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“What is truth? Truth doesn’t really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that.” — Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin
Sad Shower in New York
1995
Monoprint on paper
420 × 593 mm
Tate Collections
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“I believe that who we are, and consequently the work that we make, whether we’re visual artists or writers or journalists or filmmakers, is a projection of where we were born, what’s been withheld or lavished upon us, our color, our sex, our class. And everything we do in life to some degree is a reflection of that context.” — Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (How come only the unborn have the right to life?)
1986
photograph and type on paper.
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“The whole thing [about] art and money is ridiculous. The value of a painting at auction is not necessarily the value of the painting. It’s the value of two people bidding against each other because they really want the painting.”
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“พวกเธอต้องเรียนรู้ความเป็นมนุษย์ก่อนถึงจะเรียนศิลปะ” (To truly understand art, it is important to first gain a deeper understanding of humanity.) — Silpa Bhirasri
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Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world.
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“You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light … Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won.” — John Lewis
John Lewis
2020
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 in
Price: Not for Sale
📷: Unknown
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Self-Portrait in Hell by Edvard Munch
188095856270
Hair Band
charcoal, ink, pen, oil, acrylic on paper
16″ x 13.5″
2010
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“They also asked me why I didn’t make my
female figures more beautiful. If I have to choose between making
something look beautiful and making something look realistic, I would
choose the latter. Paintings that depict really beautiful women are
rarely truthful representations of reality, because real people have
flaws. Take, for example, the figures in classical oil paintings…”
— Wei Dong
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“It is not enough to know your craft – you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.”
The Dead Bullfighter
1864-1865, oil on canvas
76 × 153.3 cm (29.9 × 60.4 in)
by Édouard Manet