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Testament of the Powers That Be (Where Trees Turn to Sand, Residual Colours Stain the Lands by Jo Baer

Testament of the Powers That Be (Where Trees Turn to Sand, Residual Colours Stain the Lands

Jo Baer · 2001

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Artist
Jo Baer
Date
2001
ART MOVEMENTS
Minimalism
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Jo Baer

1929–2025 · United States

Minimalist who made edges shimmer, then shocked the art world by abandoning abstraction for 'radical figuration.'

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