Avoiding myth and message: Australian artists and the literary world
avoiding myth and message: Australia artist and the literary world, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 7 April 12 July 2009, curator: Glenn Barkley.
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Better Places
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Lockhart River 'Old Girls'
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Patricia Piccinini: Related Individuals
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Atomic Clock: microtime of the molecular and good old-fashioned molar beer
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