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How Former Fashion Designer Emma Safir Turns Fabric into Beguiling Paintings

She resists the “en-slick-ification” of painting by literally showing its seams.

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According to ARTnews’s source item, How Former Fashion Designer Emma Safir Turns Fabric into Beguiling Paintings, She resists the “en-slick-ification” of painting by literally showing its seams.

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