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An Artificial Natural History

By  Alexis Rago 2008 - 2011

the artist

In an interpretation of appropriation and collecting this print documents work of recent years in the context of natural history looking at making as an ultimate form of appropriation through authorship.
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Great Progenitor

Recumbant Form in porcelain

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