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I'm always trying to get to a danger point in color, where color either becomes too sweet or it becomes too harsh, it becomes too noisy or too quiet, and at that point I still want the picture to be strong, forceful, and the carrier of everything that a painting has to have: contrast, drama, austerity.

Wolf Kahn

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Wolf Kahn
Age: 92 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 4
Died: 2020
Died: March 15
Artist
Drawer
Painter
Photographer
Always
Becomes
Contrast
Either
Picture
Point
Drama
Strong
Quiet
Forceful
Stills
Danger
Austerity
Still
Sweet
Carrier
Everything
Painting
Noisy
Trying
Color
Harsh

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