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works & conversations #43: The cover features a painting by Tom Schultz who died unexpectedly 11 days after our interview. Our feature on the Oakland Hills firestorm of 1991 - coming a month before the LA firestorms - still feels mysterious. And the light in this issue feels woven as it is in our cover image.
From the Editor
The Social Contract
A Conversation with Jan Wurm
Things that Couldn’t Happen Here
Ab Ex, the Cedar Bar and a Ticket to Ride
A Conversation with Tom Schultz
Mana
Steve Georgiou
Walks with Ula
A Life in Theater
A Conversation with Fred Curchack
John Steinberg
Appellate Law and the Accidental Artist
Indigo Animal
Rue Harrison
Letters and Comments
Archived Magazine Issues
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"To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state of consciousness and the shape of our perception... The act of art is a tool for extended consciousness." --Robert Irwin
Let me warn you that our four interviews - in this case, all women - is old-fashioned. These are long reads. Veteran subscribers wouldn’t expect anything less. On the other hand, if you’re a newcomer - as stalwarts avow over and over - the time invested in our interviews is well worth it. Read More
Each piece here stands in a circle of its own riches. Each piece speaks in some way to the question posed. The question is the most elusive, and yet the most fundamental one. Read More
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