HeyJaredThe Passionate Artist by Michael Newberry
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Just Signed, The 19th in the Space Series (opens the original)
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Adam, 18th in the Space Series, Signed (opens the original)
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Art History as a Sandbox (opens the original)
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For a few years in the early 1980s, I lived in Staten Island, walking distance from the Staten Island Ferry. Whenever I wanted to take a break from painting, I would hop on the ferry, with its spectacular view of Manhattan, nearly brushing against the Statue of Liberty along the way. Whenever I crossed the harbor, for some reason, I thought of Manhattan as a playground.In the same way, that’s how I look at art history: as my personal playground. I grew up reading all of my grandmother’s art book
Power of Sovereignty (opens the original)
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For the last four and a half years, from my mile-high cabin in Idyllwild, I’ve been working on two projects: my eight books, which run from theory to practice to the philosophy of art, and my monumental epic cycle, the Space Series, 18 of 24 so far (16 shown).<source type="
Just Published: An Art Memoir: Depth and Light, Volume One, 1965-2002 (opens the original)
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