word painting
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They assiduously avoid the “I” word, painting the committee’s work as garden-variety oversight.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2019
Accredited institutions are invited, even encouraged, to borrow, say, a simple Christopher Wool word painting or a monumentally complex tapestry of woven metal bits by El Anatsui.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2015
Even higher was the $29.9 million paid by a telephone bidder against determined opposition from the New York dealer Philippe Ségalot for the American artist Christopher Wool’s monumental 1990 black and white word painting, “Riot.”
From New York Times ● May 13, 2015
With a fellow collector-investor, John Sayegh-Belchatowski, he paid $14.2 million in November for a similar Wool word painting, “Fool,” at Christie’s.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2015
The range of tone in every voice should cover as many degrees of pitch as possible, as these are needed in word painting no less than in dramatic expression.
From Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System by Jessie Eldridge Southwick
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