Stephen Prina: As He Remembered It
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Last updated 15 Jul 2024
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The origin of Los Angeles-based artist Stephen Prina’s installation As He Remembered It is a memory from the 1980s of walking down La Brea Avenue with fellow artist Christopher Williams. They saw a bright pink fitted unit by architect R. M. Schindler. The built-in desk had been taken out of its original context and displayed as a freestanding object. According to Prina, “it appeared to us as an amputated limb.”
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Stephen Prina at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Stephen Prina at Capitain Petzel, Berlin
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In the Studio: Stephen Prina –
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STEPHEN PRINA: As He Remembered It @ Capitain Petzel, Berlin: ex
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Stephen Prina, 23 November 2017 - 3 February 2018
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Stephen Prina, 'As He Remembered It
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In the Studio: Stephen Prina –
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