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2 days agoPaula Kamps, Painter of Rare Sensitivity, Dies at 36
In Memoriam honors recently lost art figures through tributes to their creative work, teaching, exhibitions, and lasting institutional impact.
Forty years ago, New York was almost the opposite of what it is today. Though the city had mostly pulled back from the brink of breakdown brought on by White Flight, bankruptcy, etc., by the early 1980s, whole neighborhoods still seemed to have collapsed. Little did I know at the time that, as bad as it was, the city had become a kind of canvas. Graffiti - the art movement of the day - filled the empty spaces. Walls, subway cars, you name it: Everything was covered with magic marker and spray cans.