next christian chinaman has to brooklyn to visit up and coming artist ryan sullivan. for the 1st time he's going to be on hand as sullivan creates a new artwork allowing him to study how the materials behave during the process. ok we usually just go do the get the moves ready and i'll put it into a purse that will take it from there. ryan sullivan turned to him and to get a better understanding of the chemical reactions involved in his paintings. he's left a number of works to dry overnight. using paint brushes he applied resin mixed with color pigments into silicon molds. every morning we take them out of the molds and flip them over and so that's the 1st time that we see the face of the painting. i used to hold the big is the rez is toxic. or when i come in it's silent and when i start working yes the machine start the fans the machines come on and i don't think it's. intentional. thing that i batted but may be subconsciously these things become part of. the head space. as my work seems when. you spoke of a calm and goal of monks painters in the late sixty's to the

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