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feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Phillip King
Raymond Saunders: A Life Woven from Urban Fragments Raymond Saunders, a name perhaps less familiar than some of his contemporaries, stands as a quietly profound figure in American art of the late 20th century. Born in Pittsburgh in 1934 and passing away in 2025, Saunders’s career spanned six decades, marked by a singular approach to assemblage painting – a method he developed through meticulous observation and a deep engagement with th
e visual language of the city. His work isn't about grand narratives or overt statements; instead, it invites viewers into a world of subtle resonances, where familiar objects and fragments coalesce to create unexpected dialogues. Saunders’s journey began not in an art studio, but within the walls of Pittsburgh’s public school system, a formative experience that instilled in him a keen eye for detail and a respect for the power of visu…
