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    • Artist Abigail DeVille in her studio residency at the Studio Museum in Harlem (Harlem, Manhattan, 04.10.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Amitabh Joshi.

    • Artist Abigail DeVille in her studio residency at the Studio Museum in Harlem (Harlem, Manhattan, 04.10.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Amitabh Joshi.

    • Artist Abigail DeVille in her studio residency at the Studio Museum in Harlem (Harlem, Manhattan, 04.10.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Amitabh Joshi.

    • Theater director Charlotte Brathwaite and artist Abigail DeVille give an interview at JACK (Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 01.24.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Erik Spink.

    • Artist Abigail DeVille builds the set for director Charlotte Brathwaite’s production of Adrienne Kennedy’s play She Talks to Beethoven at JACK (Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 01.24.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Erik Spink.

    • Artist Abigail DeVille builds the set for director Charlotte Brathwaite’s production of Adrienne Kennedy’s play She Talks to Beethoven at JACK (Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 01.13.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

    • Artist Abigail DeVille builds the set for director Charlotte Brathwaite’s production of Adrienne Kennedy’s play She Talks to Beethoven at JACK (Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 01.13.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

    • Artist Abigail DeVille builds the set for director Charlotte Brathwaite’s production of Adrienne Kennedy’s play She Talks to Beethoven at JACK (Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 01.13.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

    • Artist Abigail DeVille gathers materials at the Recycled Artist in Residency Program at Revolution Recovery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12.30.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Photography by Abigail Deville.

    • Actors Natalie Paul and Paul Pryce rehearse in the set by artist Abigail DeVille for director Charlotte Brathwaite’s production of Adrienne Kennedy’s play She Talks to Beethoven at JACK (Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 01.14.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Amitabh Joshi.

    • Actors Natalie Paul and Paul Pryce rehearse in the set by artist Abigail DeVille for director Charlotte Brathwaite’s production of Adrienne Kennedy’s play She Talks to Beethoven at JACK (Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 01.14.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Amitabh Joshi.

    • Actors Natalie Paul and Paul Pryce rehearse in the set by artist Abigail DeVille for director Charlotte Brathwaite’s production of Adrienne Kennedy’s play She Talks to Beethoven at JACK (Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 01.14.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Abigail DeVille’s Flair for the Dramatic. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Amitabh Joshi.

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