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INSIDE THE FRAME - Broken smile

INSIDE THE FRAME – Broken smile

On the occasion of the exhibition Sigmar Polke’s Photographic Infamies at the BAL in Paris, Blind unpacks an emblematic image by this prolific artist.

It is misshapen, stained, damaged, and dog-eared. It is the opposite of a well-polished, carefully developed photograph. The subject’s face is nearly unrecognizable. Her mouth is parted to form a smile broken by a blotch.   This is a photog...

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