Letters Untitled (Your Body is a Battleground), 1989
Photographic silkscreen on vinyl
112 x 112 inches
by Barbara Kruger (b. 1945)
As well as being an accomplished visual artist, Kruger has had a distinguished career as Head Designer at Condé Nast, wrote columns for Artforum and taught at U.C. Berkeley.
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Dear Artist, Yesterday, my friend Chuck Putnins, whose other life is anesthesiology, wrote, “Next year…

Letters Self Portrait, circa 1968-71
Watercolour, pen and ink on paper
by Joni Mitchell (b. 1943)
Mitchell attended the Alberta College of Art in 1964, before dropping out.
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Dear Artist, Imagine creating a perfect work of art at age 23, and then presenting…

Letters Eggs in an Egg Crate, 1975 
Oil on Masonite
50.8 x 61 cm
by Mary Pratt (1935-2018)
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Dear Artist, Yesterday, my studio computer jingled with a question that concerns a lot of…

Letters Snug Basin, Barkley Sound, c. 1979
Oil on mahogany panel
8 x 10 inches
by Robert Genn (1936 - 2014)
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Dear Artist, In May, a police detective called to let me know that one of…

Letters Los Tres Músicos
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 inches
by Alexis Ramos Mejia
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Dear Artist, Yesterday Alexis Ramos wrote, “I’m impressed that you’ve worked as an artist full…

Letters Blue Poles, 2007
Enamel on metal
60 x 72 inches
by Marilyn Minter (b. 1948)
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Dear Artist, The difference between courage and recklessness, writes social scientist, musician and columnist Arthur…

Letters Montreal River, Blow Off at Cobalt, n.d.
Oil on board
by Lorne Bouchard
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Dear Artist, An excellent Quebec painter, Lorne Bouchard, once gave me some advice. He told…

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