severance - retrospective

* pen on tracing paper

severance

* pen on tracing paper

severance

* pen on tracing paper

typographica

Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY

Joanna

one of my favorite dolls, named after the beautiful typeface.

their stories

an old couple i met in the Chinatown in Brooklyn.

moments

Chinatown, Brooklyn, NY

typographica suburbia

Brooklyn, NY

severance

An end was in sight. The limitless, which until now had always reminded men of the unattainability of their hopes, became suddenly an encouragement. The world became a starting point.

* pen on tracing paper

severance

Today we know that the world should be unified, just as we know that all men should have equal rights. Insofar as a man denies this or acquiesces in its denial, he denies the unity of his own self. Hence the profound psychological sickness of the imperialist countries, hence the corruption implicit in so much of their learning - when knowledge is used to deny knowledge. - John Berger

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a stance

Despair without fear, without resignation, without sense of defeat, makes for a stance towards the world. - John Berger

at Brooklyn Museum of Art

at the show, Ghada Amer: Love Has No End. amazing works.

severance

* pen on tracing paper

severance

* pen on tracing paper

severance

How far can talent exempt an artist if he does not think beyond or question the decadence of cultural situation to which he belongs? - John Berger

* pen on tracing paper

severance

* pen on tracing paper

severance

How far can talent exempt an artist if he does not think beyond or question the decadence of cultural situation to which he belongs? - John Berger

* pen on tracing paper