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“The real poet studies the world as it is: lovely, terrible, sensible, grotesque; and would ask for no other in its place. Humor is the final sign and seal of seriousness for it is a proof that reality is held in honor and in love.”   -- Mark van Doren

 

Warrington Colescott
 The Last Judgment (detail), 1987- 88, Intaglio and color relief.

“ (Warrington Colescott) has realized he can seduce with kindness as well as with cruelty; that instead of hammering a message home with acidic, mood-enhancing colors and dramatic textures and line, he can lure his audience into his sometimes demonic world through lush texture , soft color and delicate line.” --Carlton Overland

 

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