In the 1950's there was a kind of agreement that a good artist would do something in his picture that acknowledge the edge, but it was a question of doing something when you got to the edge. Cropping was something new. It came from photography and from Clement Greenberg. It was resisted as being too easy.


Kenneth Noland, p. 23 - 'Conversation with Karen Wilkin' (1986-1988)

Kenneth Noland Quotes

In the 1950's there was a kind of agreement that a good artist would do something in his picture that acknowledge the edge, but it was a question of...

In the 1950's there was a kind of agreement that a good artist would do something in his picture that acknowledge the edge, but it was a question of...

In the 1950's there was a kind of agreement that a good artist would do something in his picture that acknowledge the edge, but it was a question of...

In the 1950's there was a kind of agreement that a good artist would do something in his picture that acknowledge the edge, but it was a question of...