Carolina QuotesI had to find a way in each picture to change the drawing, shaping and tactile qualities to make these elements expressive; as the color had subsumed the possibility the possibility of these parts being on a equal basis of expressiveness.
Kenneth Noland Carolinian
Source
Kenneth Noland, p. 10
- work
- "Conversation with Karen Wilkin" (1986-1988)
- year
- 1986
- locator
- p. 10
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