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Biography |
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1961 |
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Born in Cardiff |
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1978 - 1982 |
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Bath Academy of Art, BA Hons |
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1982 - 1983 |
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Chelsea School of Art, MA Sculpture |
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1985 - 1986 |
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Travelled and lectured in India |
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Lives and works in London |
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Collections: |
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Tate Gallery, London |
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National Museum and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff |
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Museum of Art, University of Iowa |
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Arts Council of Great Britain |
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Contemporary Art Society |
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Unilever plc |
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Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent |
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Penguin Books |
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Government Art Collection |
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Oldham Art Gallery |
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New Art Gallery, Walsall |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Laura Ford, 23 February – 5 May, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire (solo) |
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2008 |
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Prague Biennale, Prague |
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2008 |
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Lustwarande 08 – Wanderland, 28 June – 28 September, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands |
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2008 |
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Rag and Bone, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany |
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2007 |
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Sleeping and Dreaming, Wellcome Collection, London |
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2007 |
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Children in Conflict, Wolverhampton Art Museum, Wolverhampton |
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2007 |
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Wild Wood, Harewood House, Leeds |
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2007 |
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Tamed and Framed, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston |
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2007 |
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Tech-Mac-Mayacom, Tokyo, Japan |
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2007 |
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Blickachsen 6,Kurpark, Bad Homburg, Germany |
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2007 |
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Collezionami,2nd Biennal of Southern Italy, Bratislavia |
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2007 |
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Rag and Bone, curated by Contemporary Art Society, Economist Plaza, London (solo) |
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2007 |
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Rag and Bone, Turner Contemporary, Margate (solo) |
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2007 |
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Disagreeable People, Houldsworth Gallery, London (solo) |
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2006 |
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Armour Boys, New Art Centre, Roche Court (solo) |
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2006 |
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Armour Boys, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (solo) |
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2006 |
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Laura Ford – Beast, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea |
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2006 |
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Somewhere Else, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales |
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2006 |
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Breakers, PM Gallery, London |
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2005 |
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SomeWhere Else, 51st Venice Biennale |
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2005 |
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Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Rohkunstbau, Frankfurt, Germany |
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2005 |
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Figuratively Speaking, Miami Art Museum, Miami, USA |
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2005 |
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Some Mothers Sons, Durham Art Gallery |
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2005 |
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Strata, Strata Florida, Wales touring to Kells, Ireland |
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2005 |
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Size Matters: Exploring Scale in the Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery touring show, UK |
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2004 |
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Artist’s Favourites (selected by Yinka Shonibare), ICA, London |
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2004 |
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Into My World: Recent British Sculpture, Aldrich Museum, Connecticut, Laura Ford, Matt Franks, Roger Hiorns, Mariele Neudecker, Mike Nelson, Saskia Oldfarbers, Jim Lambie, David Thorpe Matt. |
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2004 |
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Disguise, Manchester City Art Gallery |
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2004 |
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The Great Indoors, Gillingham Gallery, Kent |
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2004 |
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Wreckers, Houldsworth, London |
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2004 |
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Wreckers, Beaconsfield, London |
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2003 |
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Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth; Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno and Glynn |
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2003 |
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Vivian, Swansea (upcoming and touring) |
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2003 |
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Houldsworth, London (upcoming) |
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2003 |
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Engineer – group show, Beaconsfield, London. |
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2003 |
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The Human Zoo, Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle |
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2003 |
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Domestic Landscape, Bath |
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2002 |
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Salamanca Centre of Contemporary Art, Spain |
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2002 |
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De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea (upcoming) |
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2002 |
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Domestic Landscape, Bath |
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2002 |
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ceramica: Sleepers, Treffry Gallery, Royal Cornwall Museum, Cornwall |
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2002 |
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home, Collection, London |
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2001 |
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New Acquisitions, National Museum of Wales |
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2001 |
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Animals in the Workplace, Canary Wharf, London |
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2001 |
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Telling, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales |
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2001 |
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Desperados, Houldsworth, London |
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2000 |
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Little Angels, Houldsworth, London |
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2000 |
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British Art Show 5, Edinburgh, Southampton, Cardiff and Birmingham |
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2000 |
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Bronze, Holland Park, London |
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1999 |
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Animal, Museum Antoine Bordelle, Paris |
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1999 |
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Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich (with Jacqui Poncelet) |
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1999 |
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Arnolfini, Bristol (with Jacqui Poncelet) |
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1998 |
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Camden Arts Centre, London (with Jacqui Poncelet) |
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1996 |
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Not Just A Pretty Face, Spacex, Exeter |
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Literature |
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2008 |
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TimeOut, Disagreeable People exhibition review, 2-8 January 2008 |
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2007 |
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Planet Magazine, “Emotions in 3D” by Tony Curtis, December 2007 |
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2007 |
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Guardian Guide, Rag and Bone exhibition review, 20 October 2007 |
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2007 |
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A-N Magazine, Wildwood exhibition review, October 2007 |
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2007 |
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Sculpture Today by Judy Collins, published by Phaidon |
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2007 |
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ArtIt Magazine, Tech Mac Mayacom exhibition review, August 2007 |
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2007 |
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Dazed & Confused, October 2007 |
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2006 |
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Armour Boys Catalogue (Essay by Duncan McLaren) |
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2006 |
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The Times, 25 February, 2006 |
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2005 |
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Radio 4, Front Row, presented by Tim Marlow |
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2005 |
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SomeWhere Else, Artists from Wales, Venice Biennale catalogue essay by Karen Mackinnon with introduction by Michael Nixon |
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2005 |
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Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Rohkunstbau, Berlin with Louise Bourgeois, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Marcel Dzama and Cornelius Volker, essay by Mark Gisbourne |
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2004 |
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Bell Boys and a Bearded Lady, Flux, February |
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2004 |
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Display of Favouritism, Metro, 9 June |
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2004 |
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Ramble in the Jungle, The Times, 19 June |
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2004 |
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Into My World : Recent British Sculpture (catalogue) |
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2003 |
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Independent, 4 January |
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2003 |
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Crafts Council, Feb 2003 |
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2003 |
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Object of the Week, Daily Telegraph, 10 March |
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2003 |
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Thinking Head, What’s On, 19 March |
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2003 |
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Why Donkeys are not Such Silly Asses, The Journal, June |
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2002 |
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Great Indoors at De Lar Warr Pavilion, exhibition preview, Jessica Lack, Guardian Guide, 23 Nov |
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2002 |
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Great Indoors at De Lar Warr Pavilion, exhibition preview, Sotiris Kyriacou, Contemporary, Dec, p34 |
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2001 |
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Killer Wales, The Times, travel section, 20 Oct, p 4 |
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2001 |
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Wonkey Donkey, i-D magazine, Jul |
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2001 |
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Last Chance to See, Diary Section, Art Review, Jun |
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2001 |
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Desperados, exhibition review, Chiara Zampetti, Tema Celeste, no 86, Summer |
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2001 |
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Art Works, London Weekend Television, 27 May |
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2001 |
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Desperados, exhibition review, Morgan Falconer, What’s On, 23 May |
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2001 |
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Desperados, exhibition review, John Russell Taylor, The Times, 23 May |
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2001 |
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Desperados, exhibition review, Fisun Guner, Metro, 9 May |
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