I believe that each of us is given one sentence at birth, and we spend the rest of our life trying to read that sentence and make sense of it.
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Li Young Lee
Two Photographs by Francesca Woodman
Two black and white photographs, from Eel Series, Rome, 1977–78 and Space², Providence, 1975–76.
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Francesca Woodman, from Eel Series, Rome, 1977–1978, photograph 6 × 6 inches. All images courtesy of Wellesley College.
Francesca Woodman, from Space², Providence, 1975–1976, photograph 5¼ x 5¼ inches.
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Pacale Marthine Tayou is a Cameroonian artist based in Belgium. His work has appeared in documenta11 (2002) in Kassel, two Venice Biennales (2005 and 2009), and numerous international exhibitions. Recent solo exhibitions took place at the Serpentine Galleries, London, and Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, both in 2015.
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