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New Times: Signs of Life

 Posted on December 21, 2013      by Merry Murphy
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“Like the meanings they invoke, Nelson’s works are layered. From a distance, their lively forms — rabbits, plants and coyote men suggestive of indigenous imagery — appear to mock the staid stick-people adorning pedestrian signs. Nelson’s works are anything but pedestrian, however. Approach closer, and additional words and images emerge from their near-burial in paint.”  By Nicholas Gerbis   Click here to read.

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