But the idea of transformation has always been something that I romanticize in a work. I’m cautious of it but I also need it to connect my thoughts with the process of making. That’s really important.
—
Nari Ward
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Futura 2000, X-Acta Sketch, 1983, Collage, 22 × 40”.
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Originally published in
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Winter 1983
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