give the works
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Her manipulations also give the works a surreal charge, an impression reinforced by their counterparts: five comically large ceramic sculptures of smoking pipes, arrayed around the galleries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2016
Their contributors were often listed as anonymous in order to give the works legitimacy.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2013
Bartlett will work with colleagues, including lighting designer Paule Constable, to give the works a theatrical life.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2012
These contrasting paint textures give the works a firm foothold in reality and reward up-close viewing, which enmeshes the eye in both their spatial paradoxes and everyday moods.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2012
These heavy weights, that have fallen on the floor, would give the works a kind of jerky motion for a few seconds, while the weights were descending.
From Round the Block by John Bell Bouton
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