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Although many of Turato's performances and works appear to be drafted by free association, she meticulously and thoughtfully edits them to evoke a sense of alluring confusion. In three signature murals with a bespoke typeface, Turato addresses the inundation of language, typography, and graphic design in our contemporary culture, whether in the news, on social media, or in advertisements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished on the occasion of Turato's widely popular exhibition \u003ci\u003egovern me harder\u003c\/i\u003e at 52 Walker, this publication features texts by Ebony L. Haynes and Anna Kats. Serving as an extension of the exhibition, performance scripts by the artist are also included in this publication. 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Though his career as a painter spanned only a brief period, from 1958 to his untimely death at age twenty-eight in 1966, Thompson left behind a singular and influential body of figurative work that remains vitally resonant. Looking at his particular consideration of colour, line, and figuration—developed during a period when abstraction was the dominant trend in American art—this intimate exhibition catalogue, the seventh volume in the \u003cem\u003eClarion\u003c\/em\u003e series, pays homage to the friction Thompson generated between his proximity to and deviation from canonical sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe phrase \"So let us all be citizens,\" taken from a speech the artist gave as a teenager, forecasted his passion for the tenets of freedom and expression, and encapsulates the power of Thompson's work in widening the scope of what is imaginable in contemporary painting and for whom. With an introduction by Ebony L. 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