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Gorky/2
This operation has transferred itself to the clinical image of our Time. To operate upon the object! To oppose the photographic image, which was the weakness of the Old Masters. Their painting ws was complete when the outline of the object was correct. The realism of modern painting is diameteically opposed to this concept, since the painter of today operates on the given space of the canvas, breaking up the surface until he arrives at the realization of entirety.

I am definitely opposed to the interior decorator's taste in mural painting, which seems to be that everything must Mmatch." Mural painting should not become part of the wall, as the moment this occurs the wall is lost and become part of the wall, as the moment this occurs the wall is lost and the painting loses its identity. 

In these times, it is of socialogical importance that everything should stand on its own merit, always keeping its individuality. I much prefer that the mural fall out of the wall, than harmonize with it. 

Mural painting should not become architecture. Naturally it has its own architecture and limits of space, but it should never be confused with walls, windows, doors, or any other anatomical blueprints. 

A plastic operation is imperative, and that is why, iin the first panel "Activities on the Field" I dissected an airplane into its constituent parts. An airplane is composed of a variety of shapes and forms and I have used such elemental forms as a rudder, a wing, a wheel and a searchlight to create numerical interest but also to invent within a given wall space plastic symbols of aviation.

These symbols are the permanent elements of airplanes that will not change with the change of design. These symbols, these forms, I have used in paralyzing disproportions in order to impress upon the spectator the miraculous new vision of our time. To add to the aggressiveness of these [[strikethrough]] xxxxxxx [[/strikethrough]] shapes, I have used such local colors as are tp be seem pm the aviation field - red, blue, yellow, black, gray, brown - because these colors were used originally to sharpen