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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

 

Richard Shaw
Little French Girl, 1996, porcelain with decal overglaze.

“ A casual glance at Little French Girl indicates a spindly pumpkin-headed figure. Closer inspection reveals a structure composed of hamburgers and hot dogs, but the piece becomes ludicrous when one discovers that its inspiration is Brancusi’s elegant sculpture of the same name at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.”

 

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