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painting was the mascot and centre piece for a ballet produced and directed by Marie
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Between 1999 and 2000, Armstrong founded Cosmic
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launched Andy Warhol on an unsuspecting art world that claimed, "If this is art it is the end of art." The work is a
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bicycle, an art bike designed and painted with fellow artist Kelsey Fisher with a $ 3 million price tag. The
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