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I could say up all night and make mistakes, and none of them would count.

When one subject questions another there is a chance to gain insight into that other. Suggestive or not? Did curiosity kill the cat? I believe the paintings and drawings of my dear old friend Atalay Yavuz provoke a sense of wonderment that makes viewers question what stands before their eyes. Atalay has no sketch, idea, or subject in mind when he begins to paint or draw. His compositions on canvas and paper are free-flowing gestures of paint and graphite. Viewers are invited to speculate on the ambiguous forms in these …