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The Persistence of Memories: Art as Portkey

The Persistence of Memories: Art as Portkey

April 27, 2020 January 7, 2016 By Douglas Perkins 6 Comments on The Persistence of Memories: Art as Portkey

We humans have a habit of storing memories and feelings just about everywhere. The house, the car, the cat, articles of clothing, coffee mugs, lost teeth, and locks of hair. Really, anything will do as a repository for the moments

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Rackstraw Downes, Unfinished

Rackstraw Downes, Unfinished

April 29, 2020 March 26, 2013 By Douglas Perkins Leave a Comment on Rackstraw Downes, Unfinished

“The artist who searches for subject matter is like someone who can’t get out of bed without understanding the meaning of life.” –Fairfield Porter When I think about pencil drawings my mind inevitably wanders to Robert Frost’s Mending Wall. “Something

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Being Richard Dupont

Being Richard Dupont

April 30, 2020 November 14, 2011 By Douglas Perkins 1 Comment on Being Richard Dupont

As I watched our preparators put the finishing touches on the installation that now occupies the museum’s upper balcony—four heads by New York artist Richard Dupont, generous and timely loans from a private collection—my mind was overrun with clichés about

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