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An art historical snake, swallowing its own tale.

ABE AJAY

An art historical snake, swallowing its own tale.
ABE AJAY

Historical Own Snake Swallowing Tale
The art world is now a fashion industry, led by its Whitney Biennial ‘nose for the new look.’ But nobody, it seems, has the guts or the brains to blow the necessary whistle and holler

ABE AJAY

The art world is now a fashion industry, led by its Whitney Biennial ‘nose for the new look.’ But nobody, it seems, has the guts or the brains to blow the necessary whistle and holler
ABE AJAY

Biennial Industry New Seem Whitney
Somewhere in my head, a private conviction exists that ‘Search is the Process’ and ‘Discovery the Art Form.
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Conviction Discovery Form
And starts spreading that old gospel according to Hyperbole. No questions asked… And thus the bill of goods is sold, all along the line.
ABE AJAY

Bill Gospel Hyperbole Spreading
By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become a boutique operation
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Large Occasionally Persuasion Thoughtful Valuable
The search which takes place in my studio might best be described as a mining operation, a vertical dig in which a number of discoveries are apt to surface from a single shaft.
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Describe Discovery might Mining Number Operation Studio
Manipulated by fashion, self-serving art scholars and the vagaries of the auction block.
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Auction Block Manipulate Scholar Self Serving Vagaries
It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and ‘search’ is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.

ABE AJAY

It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and ‘search’ is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.
ABE AJAY

Discovery Involve
I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.

ABE AJAY

I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.
ABE AJAY

Color Use
Every time some new huckster of angst-ridden metaphor is appointed by Art Forum, the congregation genuflects, stroking the catalog like a handful of Rosary beads

ABE AJAY

Every time some new huckster of angst-ridden metaphor is appointed by Art Forum, the congregation genuflects, stroking the catalog like a handful of Rosary beads
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Angst Congregation Forum Genuflect Historical Huckster Metaphor Ridden Snake

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