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# Confessions of a Contemporary Artist
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/confessions-of-a-contemporary-artist/
- Published: 2012-09-24T14:37:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:48:50.000Z
- Description: Are artists supposed to admit such things?
- Author: Lauren Purje
- Tags: Comics, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:51 (2012, 2013, part 1)

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Are artists supposed to admit such things?