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"Directions--Jim Lambie" at the Hirshhorn. "Directions--Jim Lambie" at the Hirshhorn.

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"Zobop," Folklife, and Sea Lions

  • By Alison McLean and Jennifer Drapkin
  • Smithsonian magazine, July 2006

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