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"The prime mission of my art . . . is to make figurative art as exciting as abstract art." 
— Tom Wesselmann

“It's important to remember that the black narrative, unfortunately, has often been given to the world through a lens that is not our own. So it makes sense that my work may seem to be out of context when comparing it with how we’ve traditionally been allowed to be seen or shown. I disagree with much of the imagery that's been fed to me. I literally draw and paint over it. It's wrong. So instead, I say ‘Use me, Lord, I’ll help them see the truth, because this is some bullshit.’”
— Genesis Tramaine

Everything I want to paint is a divine image,
and I must be in this image, near it, with it,
elevating myself toward it to become part of it.
— Serge Poliakoff

Chloe Wise prefers a neutral brilliance, one that seems to have no harshness, but gradually reveals the fakery and filters that are imposed on our vision and deceive it. By tearing away these artificial alterations, the painting removes the Band-Aids of our beliefs. Pressing where it hurts, it questions the scope of its sacred, bodily act, and the chaotic world around us, whose calls to order we constantly try to evade.
— Boris Bergmann