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'F' or '?'
By
Katy Beinart
2012
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In the search for their great-great-grandfather Nicholaus Filaratoff in St Petersburg, the artists drew a blank, so they marked the pavement with an 'F' or '?' in salt, also the alchemical symbol for salt.
A performative action by Katy and Rebecca Beinart documented in a series of black and white prints.
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