Michael Assiff at First Continent

Artist: Michael Assiff

Exhibition title: Remediation Flowers

Venue: First Continent, Baltimore, US

Date: July 9 – August 21, 2016

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and First Continent

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