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          This essay describes wall drawings and paintings made by German artist Blinky Palermo (born Peter Schwarze Leipzig-died Maldives)....

          Growing up in Germany, Palermo was mesmerized by American culture, taking the name 'Blinky Palermo' from an American mobster.

        1. Growing up in Germany, Palermo was mesmerized by American culture, taking the name 'Blinky Palermo' from an American mobster.
        2. The crisp edges of Palermo's arid work give way to the handmade, even alluding to the skilled plaster and stucco work many Italian tradespeople.
        3. This essay describes wall drawings and paintings made by German artist Blinky Palermo (born Peter Schwarze Leipzig-died Maldives).
        4. Palermo created a radical series of works called Stoffbilder or "fabric" paintings that searched for the spiritual possibilities of pure color.
        5. Born in in Washington, D.C., he went on to study at the School of Visual Arts in New York and Yale University.

          6. Blinky Palermo

          German painter

          For the boxing promoter, see Frank "Blinky" Palermo.

          Blinky Palermo, artistic name of Peter Schwarze (2 June 1943 - 18 February 1977), was a German abstract painter.

          He was inspired by painters like Kazimir Malevich, Barnett Newman and Ellsworth Kelly.[1]

          Life and career

          Palermo was born Peter Schwarze in Leipzig, Germany, in 1943, and adopted as an infant, with his twin brother, Michael, by foster parents named Heisterkamp.

          He assumed the pseudonym "Blinky Palermo" in 1964, during his studies with Bruno Goller and Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 1962 and 1967. The name refers to Frank "Blinky" Palermo, an AmericanMafioso and boxing promoter who managed Sonny Liston.[2]

          In 1969, Palermo moved to Mönchengladbach and set up a studio he would share with Imi Knoebel and Ulrich Rückriem.[citation needed] After a stay in New York in the early 1970s, he moved into Gerhard Richter's former Düsse