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The things that separate the planes are the incisions and the edges of the matter. Each separate layer of cutting or painting is visible and readable as an edge.

Ellen Gallagher

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Ellen Gallagher
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 16
Artist
Collagist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Painter
Printmaker
Providence
Rhode Island
Separate
Visible
Edges
Readable
Cutting
Layer
Painting
Layers
Matter
Planes
Things
Edge

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