By having several versions or copies of each artwork, and by placing them in formation to create a formal pattern, the exhibition emerges as a unified whole at the expense of each work.

每一件作品都有着若干个版本或复制品，通过把它们按照一定结构排列，创造出一种外在模式，为了造成一个整体而牺牲每个单独作品的独立性。

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The relative performance had turned positive and the chart showed an apparent flag formation or a continuation pattern, which is one of my favorite setups.

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Such a formation often means that a period of stagnant or downward trading is ahead, and the pattern now fits all three major indices.

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