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  • View of “Dana-Fiona Armour,” 2023. Wall: Vue microscopique numéro 6 (nicotiana benthamiana transgénique), 2022. Pedestal, from left: Pneumatophore #4, 2022; Pneumatophore #2, 2022. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger.

    View of “Dana-Fiona Armour,” 2023. Wall: Vue microscopique numéro 6 (nicotiana benthamiana transgénique), 2022. Pedestal, from left: Pneumatophore #4, 2022; Pneumatophore #2, 2022. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger.

    Dana-Fiona Armour

    Andréhn-Schiptjenko Stockholm

    A pair of long, delicately colored tubes lay in parallel on top of a low plinth in the gallery’s entrance. One end of each elongated form bent itself off the edge of the traditional pedestal, like a creature curious about what was beyond the plinth, but did not connect to anything—not to the ground, not even to its companion. Pneumatophore #2 and #4 (all works 2022), resemble oversize water-snake toys—hollow forms made of latex or rubber and filled with liquid, designed as fidget devices to train motor control and concentration. But Dana-Fiona Armour’s sculptures are made of blown glass tinted

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