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Most art is just surface noise.
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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Surface
Criticism
Art
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Whether something is called art is beside the point. What counts is what happens when you ask it to actually be art.
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