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2009

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2023

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Sculpture, Songs for Sorrow

This is a sculpture. It is dated 2009. Its medium is cut, printed paper and mdf, recreated for exhibition; released 2009, casablanca records. It is a part of the department.

“Having collaborated with Mika on his Parc des Princes stadium performance in Paris in 2008, my assistant Machiko Weston and I made a layered paper-cut from some of my early drawings for inclusion in the cover art for Mika’s 2009 Songs for Sorrow short album.”

It is credited Courtesy of Es Devlin.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition An Atlas of Es Devlin.

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