California's Turkish-born Jean Varda, 49, is a roaring abstractionist. "I can produce at terrific speed," he announces. "I am at the height of my vision. I produce like a queen bee, like a queen ant, like a sow."
Wondering San Franciscans, who visited their Museum of Art last week to see what Painter Varda had furiously farrowed, saw 20 Varda collages (pictures put together with the help of colored papers, scissors, and a pastepot as well as paintpots). What they were pictures of, very few knew or cared; they were enjoyable. Most of the collages contained figures that were something like...
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