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This painting is inspired by a serious work by a Korean painter (active in the Joseon dynasty). The original work Orchids and Rocks by Yi Ha-eung is housed in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Image of the large collection of Orsetti family account books at Bernard Rosenthal’s storeroom in San Francisco.

The art piece features three different aspects. First, the woven abstract painting asks the question "what is art?" Second, the black frame with eyes averting which asks the question "what deserves approval?" And lastly, the blue ribbon which asks…

Balboa Park, San Diego

Many ancient and historical masks were made to honor deities and concepts, this is a mask created to honor the silent importance of rot. Often condemned for what it takes, it is hardly given credit for what it gives. Without rot, nothing can be new.…

Shaaban Robert was, above all, a poet. As noted on the back cover of this volume, “. . . the poems appearing here cover the entire spectrum of human existence: youth and old age, morality and religion, politics, the beauty and signification of…