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Cris Bruch has been one of those artists who’s famous mostly among artists. No longer.

Lawrimore Project has organized a terrific 20-year survey of his work, which manages to cross minimalism, feminism, and 1980s Pioneer Square. It’s up through August 4, and ranges from early sculptures that carry overt social commentary to the complexly built abstractions he makes now.

What are these objects, why does he make them, and how did he get from there

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to here?

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