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If we see an object as a bowl, it may inhibit seeing it as craft, just as seeing it as craft might inhibit seeing it as art. See first name later.
Walter Darby Bannard
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Walter Darby Bannard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: October 2
Painter
Printmaker
New Haven
Connecticut
Darby Bannard
W. Darby Bannard
Walter Bannard
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Conceptual art' is an oxymoron. Concepts are articulations of fact or supposition, not attributes of quality.
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A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.
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