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when you asked me to empty my pockets, all i had was this

By Denise Hickey 2025

Dimensions
40 x 200 variable

Made in response to All Mouth and No Trousers, an exhibition by curatorial collective the icing room.

Painted canvas, zip, hot lips (unflowered)

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compostcare

passing along

Bindle

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