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Molly Bryant
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Power & Splendor of the #s
R I's ptgs [[paintings]] in the G.S.  Human lives are marked by #'s. Birthdates, date of death,  [[strikethrough]] arrival [[/strikethrough]] arrival-, possession, account-, auto license- and telephone #s, address #s. The computer puts everything entirely in [[strikethrough]] numerals [[/strikethrough]] NUMERALS, pop artist RI,[[strikethrough]] bon [[/strikethrough]] born in 1928, in W C in the state of I, USA, & who lives in NY, [[strikethrough]] faescenated [[/strikethrough]] fascinated with alphabet [[strikethrough]] & [[/strikethrough]] letters & #s for several yrs, has [[strikethrough]] created [[/strikethrough]] created the greatest [[strikethrough]] homge [[/strikethrough]] homage to the # in 10 ptgs - which are to be seen at present at GS, from 0 to 9, he has elevated the numerals of the Arabic system, each in a [[strikethrough]] wrk [[/strikethrough]] work of magical monumentality. The type face is "heavy Clarendon", in which each figure appears as a massive emblem. Ind. has placed each in a circle. Under them the # in words is repeated.

¶  The colors, laid on [[strikethrough]] to no [[/strikethrough]] completely symetrically - flat, [[strikethrough]] convy [[/strikethrough]] CONVEY the [[strikethrough]] word [[/strikethrough]] mood that the artist feels in each. The 0 stands neutral gray in gray, the 9 is [[strikethrough]] glooml [[/strikethrough]] gloomy - disastrous: black & yellow, the 6 is aggressive: green & red & blue, the 1 is self assertive & brazen in green & blue. One must see the ptgs in order to comprehend what can astonish in the execution [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] of a theme which at first glance [[strikethrough]] appear [[/strikethrough]] appears so simple: the power of the 

Transcription Notes:
RI is Robert Indiana, NC is New Castle (where he was born) GS is Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany