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on the canvas



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There is every chance that the fight will end with one man on the canvas and, after then, my priority will be to console the loser first - I can't be jumping around celebrating.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The scratching alerts us to what will be increasingly vigorous attacks on the canvas surface—scraping, rubbing, incising fine lines—emphasizing the character of her paintings as objects, rather than representations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

"Two Sons is both of us on the canvas, exactly as we are," Muir added.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Sometimes, Goode included a contour drawing of the bottle behind it on the canvas, suggesting that one is the projection of the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

This zero-dimensional object, the vanishing point, is an infinitesimal dot on the canvas that represents a spot infinitely far away from the viewer.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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