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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

 

Peter Reginato
Another Weak Moment, 2001, painted steel.

“ The idea of escaping gravity contributes to a joyous or spiritual quality in my work. The humor is not something I’m usually aware of while I’m making a piece, but rather something I find later once the work is complete.”
--Peter Reginato

 


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