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I knew what a circle could do. Both eyes focus on it. It stamps itself out, like a dot. This, in turn, causes one's vision to spread, as in a mandala… - Kenneth Noland
" "I knew what a circle could do. Both eyes focus on it. It stamps itself out, like a dot. This, in turn, causes one's vision to spread, as in a mandala in Tantric art.
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About Kenneth Noland
Kenneth Noland (10 April 1924 – 5 January 2010) was an American abstract painter known for his Color Field works, although in the 1950's he was thought of as an abstract expressionist and in the early 1960's he was considered a minimalist painter. Noland helped establish the Washington Color School movement. His work was early influenced by Helen Frankenthaler and her so-called soak-method.
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Kenneth Clifton Noland
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These things [cutting, cropping and shaping] always happen in strange ways. You can say after the fact what you're doing, but, believe me, you can't project it ahead. It has to be worked through before you can recognize what it was that you were looking for. It's a search; it's not like getting a brainstorm.. .It's work, yes; it comes out of the practice of painting, the practice of your art.
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