“I went to a Louise Nevelson exhibition several years ago at the de Young Museum. They had tons of the black work, white work, and a bunch of gold work... but the black work is a completely different thing. It’s not wood anymore. It’s a paranormal object, from a different dimension, a mental object. I noticed then how paint can create the illusion of material transformation. It has a little to do with the matte-ness, but there’s also something about the color.” —⁠Carol Bove