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“For all the earnest substance built into the arch absurdities of 'The History of
Concrete,” Wilson approaches his subject — and, indeed, the world — with
aesthetic ardor. His images and observations proclaim a fervent attachment to
idiosyncrasy, to its beauty and its meaning. Absurdity implies self-
contradiction, the acceptance of seemingly impossible multiplicities. Wilson’s
profuse bewilderments affirm the vastly consequential intersection of seemingly
unrelated events, the overwhelming complexity of ordinary objects and events,
and thus the heroism of making even mundane things work properly.”
Richard Brody
