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Article: Wes Mills at James Kelly Contemporary.(review of exhibitions)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Art in America
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
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While a large part of this show of 1998-99 work presented Wes Mills in a familiar light--as a creator of minimalist, densely worked, small-scale drawings in graphite and ink--a group of four of his very latest drawings, which incorporate oil paint and collage elements, marked a departure. In My Best Estimation, for instance, two dark-gray squares made with Mills's characteristic tiny graphite marks are flanked by a third square which is all but obscured by a thick dollop of lustrous, pale-pink oil paint. The background is enlivened with airy washes of cream-white powdered pigment interspersed with traces of pink and pale yellow. In the corner are remnants of written ...
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