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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman

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