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New romance : art and the posthuman

by Anna Davis, Houngcheol Choi

An exhibition catalogue exploring the relationship between art and posthumanism, documenting a 2015-2016 touring exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea.

Accession 14308 ISBN 9781921034817 Publisher Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, NSW)
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