The show started with artists painting the backdrop for the show with prints and lattice, the same motifs found on the clothes.

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It also copes with thefts, damp cables that break the iris scanners, and labourers' fingers so worn that their prints do not show.

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Arguably, they are more interesting than the editioned prints, since they show the artist's creative process.

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