Article: For window artists, no pane, no gain

Bob Keyes staff writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
03-16-2008
For window artists, no pane, no gain
Byline: Bob Keyes staff writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Audience
Type: News

RICHMOND --

When you think about it, what really is the purpose of a window?

To keep out the elements, yes, and to draw in light.
On a larger scale, a window's purpose is to create vision and allow us to see a world beyond where we stand at any given moment. A window represents a passage to another place.

In art, the window has been used as a metaphor for that journey for almost as long as the earliest artists left their mark.

For the next two weeks in Richmond, the window serves as a rallying point for Maine's visual ...

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