
Why Imperfect Art Works: Ben Heine, Van Gogh and the Mark of a Hand
Robert Rauschenberg erased a drawing by Willem de Kooning in 1953 and turned the remaining traces into a museum work. Ben Heine began combining pencil drawings with photographs in 2010. A worn scrap of fabric can become the center of a Gee’s Bend quilt. In each case, viewers see the maker’s choices in a mark that a polished reproduction might remove.











