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...Murakami is also obsessive about cost saving: the company reuses packing materials and canvases from failed works, and buys Japanese-made Holbein paints not because they are better than American-made Liquitex but because they are up to 30% cheaper. According to some of his employees, Murakami's pursuit of conveyor-belt efficiency can make him a ruthlessly demanding boss. "The word compromise is not in Murakami's vocabulary," says Tomohiro Hoshino, who does 3-D paintings at KaiKai Kiki. Still, Murakami's relentless focus on the business of making art pays rich dividends. He proudly notes that...
...promising painter who infuses her abstractions with vitality. Tamara Thompson, 29, has structural poise and color sensitivity, sturdy values that serve many moods. October Painting summons the warm chill of a fall day. American Eagle is a glossy salute in red, white, blue and-lavender. Works in oil, gouache, Liquitex. Through...
...geometric surrealism of George Ortman (see color). Kelly's naked statements of form are bland on the surface; yet he clashes colors like cymbals to drive the viewer's eye into more tranquil corners. Al Held boldly ladles as many as 30 layers of plastic Liquitex paint onto his huge canvases to spell out alphabets in monumental bulk. Slowly, as if one had stared for minutes at any word until it became meaningless, the letters cease being acceptable symbols for language, appear fake and finally turn repulsive. The viewer is challenged and taunted. Are they letters...
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