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Diane Severin Nguyen’s Transfigurations

September 21, 2022

Collecting the dust and detritus from our heads and our homes, Diane Severin Nguyen creates lush photographs and videos that question the divides between trashy and intellectual, organic and fake, alienating and intimate.

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Liz Magic Laser Talks to the Hand

November 20, 2012

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Artists and Pets

Featuring the furry friends of artists, this playlist includes films with cameos by four-legged studio assistants.

Artists and Pets
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