I do remember at my very first opening in 1979 another artist coming up to me, and he … - Laurie Simmons

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Laurie Simmons

I do remember at my very first opening in 1979 another artist coming up to me, and he was haranguing me, saying, "Did you really intend for these things to be so dumb? You just put it there and took a picture of it. " He wouldn't let it go. So that's what made me think about the dumbness aspect more.

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