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Paul Laffoley, Why is there something rather than nothing?, 1964

Paul Laffoley Cambridge, MA, 1935-2015

Why is there something rather than nothing?, 1964
Oil and mixed media on canvas
48 x 52 in.
122 x 132 cm
$ 145,000.00
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Symbol Evocation_ The paradoxical nature of the mystery of existence itself. Subject_ This is the last of the three questions that everyone asks themselves as death approaches. First Question_ Life_...
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Symbol Evocation_
The paradoxical nature of the mystery of existence itself.

Subject_
This is the last of the three questions that everyone asks themselves as death approaches.

First Question_ Life_ What is it all about?
Second Question_ The Universe. Did something make it, or did it
just occur out of nothing?
Third Question_ On Being_ Why is there something rather than nothing?
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Exhibitions

The Force Structure of the Mystical Experience. New York_ Kent Fine Art. September 11 – November 7, 2015 illus.
Paul Laffoley. New York_ James Fuentes, 2022
Systems of Belief curated by Cathrin Mayer. GRAZ_ Halle fur Kunst Steiermark. September 25, 2022 thru August 1, 2023

Literature

Laffoley, Paul with Richard Metzger. The Force Structure of the Mystical Experience. New York_ Kent Fine Art 2015. Illus.
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