Sentences with phrase «away with turpentine»
Perhaps most telling in all of Wool's repertoire of anti-gestural gestures is his propensity, since 2000, to paint by erasing — to wipe away with a turpentine - soaked rag the marks he's already made.
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Most of his paintings are made by «un-painting» as well as painting: A language that he has made his own; oil paint is applied in layers and dissolved away with turpentine, forming something quietly and unexpectedly beautiful.
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While Newman's work reeled viewers into a color field, Swavely's paintings resist close inspection, for as one approaches, the brushstrokes that once felt voluminous fall flat, having been washed away by turpentine - soaked rags scrubbed across canvas heavy with oil.