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In this exhibition poetic gestures and nods to Walser are able to flourish as visual forms and objects. The work comprises spontaneous and excessively durational works of drawing, collage, and sculpture.\r\n\r\nFor years, I have been intrigued by the author Robert Walser\u2019s mark making which he referred to as his \u201cpencil method\u201d where he would sketch out stories in a radically miniaturized script on diminutive paper fragments. 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