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Melissa Murray

West
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Featured in New American Paintings

Artist Statement

Over start over again now I think of what is this space even doing it is simple dripping drool. You had to be there a happening potty. The slow. Know fast song in typing. Right on rhythm of gas pedal in the traffic of. Jam when again past splash puke a Pollock. Your trash stuff of mind my dreams, a slow unraveling of are memory. This is decay is a dead leaves fucking fucking duh. Hot dang girl! Bark at our back break the suck system!! They be says image is like what are you when who did it happen for. Now the big light having came formed my computer scream scream artistic suicide be careful listening. The surface smells is yellowed that you hide in. Ew. Over again start

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