Cooing

"In the country, in the south of France, on the road to the river, the peasants have painted big signs that read: 'MELONS 3 FOR 5 EUROS,' or 'TOMATOES, ONIONS, POTATOES 300 METERS,' or 'GOOD WINE' or 'CHERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES HERE.' Big white letters on panels of scrap wood. So simple, so efficient. Hand made, not perfect, but...PERFECT. I always admire these 'objects'. Always want to steal them and hang them on the walls of my house. A bit jealous of their beauty?...perhaps! These peasants have no idea how moving their signs are for me. So especially artistic because they are not 'artistic'. I dream to have the guts to do Art like that. So hard to be so simple." -Jacques Flechemuller Ray Graham Collection