| Modern simplicity must show the spareness of asceticism, not the leanness of anmia. |
| These seemingly austere canvases with a studied spareness conceal an intensity of palette that makes the essence of the shapes tangible. |
| And where Lean's similarly epic Dr Zhivago was hampered by a silly, overwrought plot, this has a clean spareness to it. |
| The spareness of her art during this period perfectly mirrored her ascetic tendencies and feelings of self-deprivation. |
| Her face, powerful in its spareness, registers emotion with subtle ticks and readjustments. |
| But this spareness is as nothing compared with the artistic exiguity of the proceedings. |
