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#londongraffiti 
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The philosophic certainty of English graphic design - it’s a tonic. Theres an assured authority in there that paves me over with tradition. Showcases the font details to the point of abstraction too -
The print as a screen: on/off,
message/nonmessage

A sense of financial consciousness…
This juxtaposition of a room of Rothkos with rooms of Turners at the Tate Britain is rich in many ways (let more artists curate their work).
Painting nature, light and in all its spiritual importance and symbolism…but the installation of the R
These 2 Sturtevant pieces are thrilling, divisive, and frustrating as they provoke much reflection around the works, as the ideas around the work activate so much more than the objects. 
Still radical. 
Really enjoying - since the MOMA retrospective
Buren again - How the awning stripes are redeployed back to their origins on the upper floors while the columns of stripes are built to last 1000 years…Also the grid matrix…a great piece full of rich paradoxes.  Painting is left out if
Was very special to visit with friend of many years @erwan_lebourdonnec and his family at his art center in Brittany @latannerie_begard 
They were in between shows - but the indoor swing!
I’m wondering if these should be translated for Paris…
Liking these perceptual painting games by Remy Zaugg and Claude Rutault
Ok so these are opposite each other in this street in the 4th Arrond.
The early engagement of public vs private art contexts of painting in these early Burens retains some of its irreverance, but got plenty mannered.
5th Arrondis. Enjoying stepping into the rich history of graffitti of Paris.  NYC style name dropping logo stuff is abundant however.
#parisgraffiti 
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#parisianstyle
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#londonstreetart 
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“the poster is a modern medium for information circulation, persuation and stimulating desire, often in an abstract manner”
- Josef Muller-Brockmann

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#londonstreetart
New prints on A3 - liking the euro size. 

Selected prints from “Notes of F. Wott, File 27: On Money”

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Theaster Gates Black Chapel pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery - smartly extends a conversation with the Parthenon, Turrell, and Shaker round barns among others to shift the associations of light and our relation to it. Theres much to read in here as