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Kutlug Ataman : perfect strangers

by Kutlug Ataman, Rachel Kent

Documenting an art exhibition, this volume features images of forty television screens paired with domestic chairs, where individual participants share their personal stories directly to the camera.

Accession 8288 ISBN 1921034009 Publisher The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
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