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Following are reformatted essays written by Laurie Fendrich.
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	Creative Class, Dismissed
	A Pedagogical Straightjacket
	Blowing Art Theory Smoke
	The Lie of the Portrait
	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mess
	Sleeping Beauty
	A Brush with Leo Strauss
	Confessions of an Abstract Painter
	Matisse Wins!
	Peter Plagens: An Essay by his Wife
	Traces of Artistry
	Why Paint a Painting at the End of the 20th Century?

These reviews have been reformatted for presentation on this site.