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Ahmir Thompson (a.k.a. Questlove of The Roots) is a very busy dude. He was feeling stretched thin, until he discovered the power of silence to let his creativity cut through the noise. To help him find that silence, he\u2019s got one of Yves Klein\u2019s Blue Monochrome prints on his wall at home. Abbi gets up close to one of Klein\u2019s blue paintings and Kazimir Malevich\u2019s \u201cSuprematist Composition: White on White\u201d and discovers how deep a single color can get -- if you just give it some time.\nAlso featuring: Ellen Davis and Anne Umland\nView the artwork from this episode at wnyc.org/monochromes\n---\nAbout the podcast:\xa0\nFrom WNYC Studios and MoMA, A Piece of Work is everything you want to know about modern and contemporary art but were afraid to ask. Hosted by "Broad City"\u2019s Abbi Jacobson, this 10-episode series explores everything from Pop art to performance in lively conversations with curators, artists, and Abbi\u2019s friends, including Hannibal Buress, Tavi Gevinson, RuPaul, and Questlove.\nProduced by WNYC Studios.\xa0www.wnycstudios.org