James Elkins (art historian) Quote

The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a certain resistance of paint, a prodding gesture of the brush, a speed and insistence in the face of mindless matter...


What Painting Is (ed. Routledge, 2004) - ISBN: 9781135958527


The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a...

The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a...

The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a...

The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a...