“Nature and art, being two different things, cannot be the same thing. Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.”

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“Nature and art, being two different things, cannot be the same thing. Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.”

— Pablo Picasso

What might the nature paintings in this gallery be saying about what nature is not?

Source: Harrison and Wood, Art in Theory: 1900-1990.

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American & European Art: Ball Brothers Foundation Gallery, Bay 1 (East)»

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