Being “in the zone” for many artists is that alchemical moment when the literal representation of a subject is overwhelmed by the sheer momentum of working spontaneously with materials, marks, form, color and light. This is possibly how I should have started my comments about Thomas Agran the night of his opening here [...]
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Introducing Thomas Agran
July 8, 2010, 7:09 am
Thomas Agran, working in his studio
I remember instructing Thomas Agran to look for a small, gray-haired woman at the Grinnell College’s Bucksbaum Center for the Arts opening for the summer of 2009’s exhibit.
I had a few pieces in the show, and I wanted to meet Thomas and visit his studio during the same trip to [...]