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These pieces from a broad variety of places and times are connected through the use of language. Each artist has a story to tell whether a personal narrative, a sales pitch, or a mere observation of the world around them. Some are introspective and imaginative, others are an extroverted projection of what they see day to day but all have given us the invitation to take a closer look if we chose.

I hope you enjoy this collection of artists and pieces, which employ the use of words to more compellingly tell you their stories if you have a mind to hear them.

This includes:

George Braque: Violin and Pipe ‘Le Quotidien’
Ann Niu: Solitude
Kurt Schwitters: Opened by customs

Zhang Huan: Family tree
Ed Ruscha : Dead End
Mario Merz: Continent to continent
Joseph Cornell: Naples
Richard Estes: Pressing
George Grosz: Berlin street scene
Jules Cheret: Carnival 1892













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