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Amar always writes these like two word reviews of artworks he's seen so that he can remember them. I went to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and had that in mind. James Hampton "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly"A foil throne. A giant, crazy altar. Thomas Wilmer DewingSergeant knock-off from when Boston must have been teeming with them. Wash of color, apparitions. Robert Henri "At Far Rockaway"Love the brushstroke flags. George Inness "Niagara Falls"One smokestack. Scratchy turquoise. William H. Johnson "Cafe"Passerby said people are finally discovering him (Johnson). Bald black dude, nice checked suit and hat, drinks wine with purple hatted woman. Very square. Oil on paperboard. Franz Kline "Merce C"Everything I like about Kline. The methodical sloppiness and uneasy disorder. Norman Lewis "Evening Rendezvous"Klan meeting in red, white, and blue, but could be cover of a science textbook. Robert Rauschenberg "Reservoir"Working clocks, broken wheel. Nam June Paik "Zen For TV"After this, the deluge of art made out of TVs. Nam June Paik "Electronic Superhighway"Case in point. Neon states and TVs. Penn gets Warhol. NY gets "Empire." D.C. is you. Weird dancing in Washington state. Robert Longo "Untitled (Hercules)" (08)Charcoal atomic explosion looks like frilly dress. Kehinde Wiley's LL Cool JWinslow Homer's Maine rocksThe last two didn't have any notes for some reason.
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