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L.A.'s museum curators on their favorite works of art
There's a piece I love at the Getty called The Annunciation, by the Flemish painter Dieric Bouts. One of the things I love about Bouts is that he's such a modest, restrained artist; his colors tend to be muted, and the archangel in this painting appears in a simple white robe as opposed to an ornate robe. Mary's chamber is intensely palpable, because it's so stark -- you really get the sense this is her room -- and the composition is dominated by a brilliant red canopy that's the only strong color in the piece. I have a background in photography, and I think I have an affinity for Bouts' work because it has an almost photographic clarity.
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