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PrintienBd e lgumi 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN0:- 8195-6324-2 LibraorfCyo ngrseC satalog NCuamrbde 9r7:-6 1784 CONTENTS SPINI NCT HEC oMMONT HREAD Lucy R.L ippa..rd.... ..........................................................p .7 OuvRAGEK:N OTA NoTN,o TESA SK NOTS M.C atherdienZ ee gh.e.r .........p..1. 7. ..................... METAPHORS PUN: AC ONVERSATIWOINT HC ECILIViAC UNA BiljleiaeIn s bealnldR eginHaa rri.s...o...n... ...... p.4 7 CRYPTIWCE AVINGH ugoM er:�dez-Ra.r.n (re..z ............................p...5 .9. ............................. SouNDW RITTEANN DS ouNDB REATIHNG: VERSIONOSF P ALPABLPEo ETICSK enneSthhe rwoo..d... ....................................................... p.7 3 BiograNpohti.ec...sa... l..... ............................................................................................p. . Index p.ix .............................................................................................................................. Acknowled.g...e...m..e...n....t.....s.... .............................................................................p.. .>..' ll 5 UntitlHeudd,s oSnt reeNte.w,Y orh1,9 89Ph.o tCoe:s aPra ternosto. SPINNING THE COMMON THREAD LucyR. 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CeciVliicau bnoar,an n dr aisienSd a ntidaeCg hoi lhea,bs e eann e xislien ce theea r1l9y7 0wsh,e tnh meu rdoefre lecptreeds iSdaelnvta dor Allende by GenerPailn ocfhoeutnh de irn L ondoAnsa. p oeatn dp ainstheehr a,d b eean suppoorfAt lelre nPdoep'usUl nairgt oyv ernmaenndpt a,r ticiintp hacetue ldt ur­ alv itatlhiaattcy c ompaintIi.nLe odn dsohnbe e caamcet iivnte h Ceh ilseoanl ­ idarity maonvwdea masef notun dmienmgb e(rw iGtuhyB reJtoth,Dn u ggaenrd, DaviMded alolfa )A rftoiDrse tmso crAasc" yF.e stCiovoarld insahtweoa rst, h"e chioerfg anoiftz heer Artsf oFDree smtoicvriaanlCc hyi altet hReo yal College ofA rtin 1 974.1 9I7n7s ,h e retuLranteAidmn e troi sceat,t liBnogg_oitna , Colomwbhiear,se hw eo rkweidtt hh eaatnemdru sigcr ouSphse. msatdaesg eet s foCra ndelaanrdi aQ uilapaoynhu enor,w nat,nr da,v ealreodut nhdce o untry lectuornti hnCegh ilesatnr ugrgelaed,hi enprgo etry, owro rckrsehfaootpris n g 7 LucRy. L ippard 8' LefVti:o lePartar a,1' ejeddeolrm au ndo (ViolPeatrraa W,e aveorfr heW orld), . � London1,9 73O.i lo nc anva5s8,x 48 ' ..,.,..'..,.' ._ . . em.C ollectoifto hnea rtist. . . RighAtn:g edle I Mae nstm(aTchie. 6n Angeolf M enstruatLioonnd)o,1n 9,7 3. Oilo nc anva5s8, 4x8 e m. Collectoifo n thea rtist. indigpeneooupIsln e1 s9.8s 0ha er riivnNe edwY orka,n tdw o weekwsal sil va­ter inwgi thA rtgheen ptaiinnaetn ewdrr itCeersP aart ernwohsotsmoh m,ea rriine d 198T1h.en yo ws pesnedv emroanlta hy se airnL atAimne rica. Vicuhnaans e vaecrc eptthbeeod u ndabreitewsec eunl tduirsacli plines, creat­ inagt erroafi onhw enir n t hien terstircoeolsfet- htmehe es toirzt ohc,eo yote. Shiebs e sknto wansa poesth,e bahus atud cs csefcualr aeseap r a initnCe hri le befolreea vfionLrgo ndTohn.e rec osnhtei tnouw reid(t seo metuismietnshg e pseudoMnayrmSi aan tibaugto )t,u rbnaendna enrtdso scualsvp itsuouruaetl ­ letIsnB. o gosthape a indtietddh ,e atdreiscipagelnr ,f osrtmeradec etti aonnds , madae 1 6mmf ilbma soendi nterwviitepwhrs o stiptoultiecseb,me egng,a rs, activainsdt ss,h antytown IdsP woeeltTryloY e orus(?- 1W9h8Ia0ntt) h.1e 9 70s, twtoe levfiislaimnosadn f eatduorceu men(tbWayor lyTf i rasdion,c ew elroes t) made ahbeoru.t Vicuhnaaas l seodi t"ePda lSaubrra,as " e ries Aomfe rLialctiaitnne rfaotru re GraywPorlef(s 1s9 86-S8i9n1)c9.e6 h6o,w evtehrce,o nsieslteemnietnnh te r artmahkaisn gb tehepern e carais oes,r oifev ser sym aslclu lpatnudr eisn stalla­ tiocnosn strouffc otuendd oobr"j reucbtbsmj,as dhie,nl " a ndssctarpeeoe,rt s, studPireoc.a rio!Preicstar hiteoi utosfl a be o ookfp oeptruyb liisnNh eewYd or k byT anaPmr eisn1s 98(3w iitlhl ustorfta htseic ounlsp taunrde sptr)he,ce a rios werteh e bahseiirns s toafl lEaxtAiirtoit nnN eawYt o rk. Thef iprrsetc ariwoesrm ea de1 9i6ni6 nt, h e Chcioluenatnra ynstdih dfeei ,r st portparbelricoea- thhee arat boafps akeitna,tn ehdde ,ll edi kwaa nd-wmaasd e onV icunbaa'ls cionSn ayn tiina]g 9o6 7. "A fomretc oedo t ihpmerp eeclarlieods ," shree ca"ladl ess,ti oer xep aTnhde.y beagf aonro mfca osm munwiintgh s utnh e antdh see tah gaatv mee ao fpl loeta asnudrl eoao t fs trtehnT.gh"el itotbljee cts shien trodiutnoct ehedl andsccaepntee rde the s"iPtoeeistn:rh ya cbeirttsa in placwehse rteh e cnleiefdf asos nilgytn oba rli tnhge aml iTvweoo. rt hrleien es, am arakn,d silentcose p ebaekg.i"n s Somoeft hper ecarmiootsiw fesr e eicnhaob esdtp raaicntt eixnegcsuw,th eidl e shwea sst ait lele naBgueitrn 1. 9 70-V7i1c,uc nhao fsoehr e mra tuwroero kn 8 SpinntihneC go mmoTnh read ... 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