"Art making is a form of alchemy, in a way, because you are trying…to make gold from nothing. When it works very well is when you manage to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary."
"Marginalia (Isaac Stern)" (1992)
"Marginalia (Isaac Stern)," 1992
Oil on canvas, 2 panels, 35 x 39 inches overall
Photo by Dennis Cowley
Courtesy Hauser & Wirth
Oil on canvas, 2 panels, 35 x 39 inches overall
Photo by Dennis Cowley
Courtesy Hauser & Wirth
"Yes- my work is not about beauty, and I know it does not hang over a couch very well, matching the burgundy colors on the pillows. It’s not work one hangs over a couch in that way. But I make the work, and I make it because for me it’s necessary."
- Ida Applebroog
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