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Robert Lazzarini’s studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, recently resembled a crime scene lab or a product-safety research facility. In one corner was a full-scale hotel room door in a freestanding frame, ready to be violently kicked in so the artist can take notes on the damage for a forthcoming sculpture. There’s also a large windowpane, likewise due to be smashed and studied for a piece that will be included in the artist’s exhibition this month at Marlborough Chelsea in New York.

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Material destruction, attention to the most minute detail, and obsessive research are all hallmarks of Lazzarini’s practice, which results in intricately altered sculptures of skulls, violins, pay phones, brass knuckles, guns, and signage... (continue reading)

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