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James Krone

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James Krone at Kavi Gupta Gallery October 23rd, 2010 - December 4th, 2010
Posted 10/25/10

          Remember that oft-quoted line from Matisse about wanting his paintings to be like comfortable armchairs? That quotation is a perfect example of a meme, an idea whose viability is measured not by its content but by its capacity to self-perpetuate and mutate or evolve. Like so many historical statements, this one has become unmoored from its original context, and even its original wording as I have purposely done above.  When most people cite it, they are really only citing the g... [more]


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