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A Work Of Art When Placed In A Gallery Loses Its Charge, And Becomes A Portable Object Or Surface Disengaged From The Outside World.

-Robert Smithson

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A Work Of Art When Placed In

Robert Smithson

A Work Of Art When Placed In A Gallery Loses Its Charge, And Becomes A Portable Object Or Surface Disengaged From The Outside World.

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