Doug Argue

{{Short description|American painter}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Doug Argue | honorific_suffix = | image = Doug_Argue.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|01|21}} | birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota<ref name="whd1">{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue biography |url=https://www.waterhousedodd.com/artists/33-doug-argue/biography/ |access-date=2020-07-04 |website=Waterhouse & Dodd |language=en |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705104906/https://www.waterhousedodd.com/artists/33-doug-argue/biography/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | education = * Bemidji State University * University of Minnesota | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = ''Randomly Placed Exact Percentages'' (2009-2013)<br />''Isotropic'' (2009-2013) | style = | movement = | spouse = | awards =  | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|dougargue.com}} | module = }} '''Doug Argue''' (born January 21, 1962, in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American painter based in New York City.<ref name="whd1" /> Over a forty-year career, Argue has developed a well-known and recognizable body of work that ranges from pure abstraction to representation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE FANTASY OF REPRESENTATION {{!}} 31 July - 19 September 2015 |url=https://beerslondon.com/exhibitions/88-the-fantasy-of-representation/ |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=Beers London |language=en}}</ref> His work reflects a poetic interest in the relationship between infinity and the individual, forming an expansive vision shaped by his travels, readings, and connections with creatives worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mueller |first=Max |title=Weisman art exhibit “Letters to the Future” evokes eye-catching imagery |url=https://mndaily.com/arts-entertainment/weisman-art-exhibit-letters-to-the-future-evokes-eye-catching-imagery/07/26/2023/ |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=The Minnesota Daily}}</ref> Argue’s paintings capture the constant flux and shifting nature of life. His oeuvre includes larger-than-life, expressionist works that explore themes of time, space, the environment, and the nature of perception, distinguishing his practice from the abstract or conceptual art of many of his contemporaries.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Regan |first=Sheila |date=2024-02-28 |title=Museum’s decision to remove artist’s monograph from its bookstore sparks questions about freedom of expression |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/02/27/doug-argue-weisman-art-museum-exhibition-minnesota-catalogue |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Argue was born and raised in Saint Paul Minnesota. He attended Bemidji State University and later studied at the University of Minnesota between 1980 and 1983.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue, Figurative Expressionist by Donald Kuspit |url=https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/figurative-expressionist-by-donald-kuspit/5362 |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art |language=en}}</ref>

During this period, he developed an interest in the physical and material properties of painting, influenced in part by his athletic background.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Regan |first=Sheila |date=2023-06-20 |title=Doug Argue's famous chickens paintings return to Weisman with new exhibit |url=https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2023/06/doug-argues-famous-chickens-paintings-return-to-weisman-with-new-exhibit/ |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=MinnPost |language=en-US}}</ref>

As a young artist, Argue traveled in Europe, where he encountered German Expressionism and Renaissance painting firsthand.<ref name=":3" /> He has cited artists such as Edvard Munch, as well as 16th-century Italian painters including Titian and Tintoretto, as formative influences, particularly for their scale, emotional intensity, and treatment of the human figure.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Scotta |first=Danilo Jon |date=5 June 2020 |title=Doug Argue: energy beyond the surface. The unconventional questioning |url=https://www.ny-artnews.com/single-post/2020/06/Doug-Argue-energy-beyond-the-surface-The-unconventional-questioning-underlying-Argues-poetics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705064828/https://www.ny-artnews.com/single-post/2020/06/Doug-Argue-energy-beyond-the-surface-The-unconventional-questioning-underlying-Argues-poetics |archive-date=2020-07-05 |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=ny-artnews |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Early figurative work (1980s) === Argue gained early recognition in the early 1980s for large-scale figurative paintings characterized by gestural brushwork, psychological intensity, and expressive distortion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue Biography |url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/doug-argue/biography |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007123258/http://www.artnet.com/artists/doug-argue/biography |archive-date=2015-10-07 |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=www.artnet.com}}</ref> In 1985, while in his early twenties, he was given a museum exhibition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rome |first=American Academy in |title=Doug Argue – My Life in Paintings |url=https://www.aarome.org/society-of-fellows/events/doug-argue-my-life-paintings |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=www.aarome.org |language=en}}</ref>

Critic Donald Kuspit described this period of Argue’s work as figurative expressionism marked by emotional extremity and confrontational imagery, situating it within a broader resurgence of expressive painting in the late 20th century.<ref name=":3" /> During this time, Argue often depicted interiors, bars, and isolated figures, with works such as ''Untitled'' (1983), ''Angry Young Man'' (1984), and ''Morgue'' (1985) entering museum collections.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue: Letters to the Future {{!}} Weisman Art Museum |url=https://wam.umn.edu/doug-argue-letters-future |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=wam.umn.edu}}</ref>

=== Expansion of scale and structure (late 1980s–1990s) === Following the late 1980s, Argue’s work began to emphasize compositional structure and the use of repeated elements to suggest larger systems.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berni |first=Alessandro |date=2020-06-05 |title=Doug Argue: energy beyond the surface. The unconventional questioning underlying Argue's poetics |url=https://www.artdealerstreet.com/single-post/2020/06/doug-argue-energy-beyond-the-surface-the-unconventional-questioning-underlying-argues-poetic |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=ArtDealerStreet |language=en}}</ref> While retaining painterly intensity and scale, his paintings increasingly addressed themes of collectivity, perception, and social organization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=You’re gonna need a bigger wall – MyNortheaster.com |url=https://www.mynortheaster.com/news/youre-gonna-need-a-bigger-wall/ |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=www.mynortheaster.com}}</ref> thumb|Doug Argue's exhibition at the Walker Art Center Vernissage in December 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue Exhibition |url=https://walkerart.org/collections/artists/doug-argue |access-date=2026-03-13 |website=Walker Art}}</ref>

After the Birth of his son Argue worked on an intimate series of father and son paintings from 1991 to 1994 which culminated in a museum exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Blakemore |first=Erin |title=Enormous Chicken Painting Comes Home to Roost |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enormous-chicken-painting-comes-home-roost-180963401/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707113347/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enormous-chicken-painting-comes-home-roost-180963401/ |archive-date=2020-07-07 |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Bye-bye, birdies |url=https://www.startribune.com/bye-bye-birdies/182552671/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705110814/https://www.startribune.com/bye-bye-birdies/182552671/ |archive-date=2020-07-05 |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref>

Since 1983, Argue’s work has been exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions across the United States, Europe, and Australia.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Doug Argue in conversation with US Ambassador to Italy John R. Phillips In 2015, during the Venice Biennale at Doug's exhibit, Scattered Rhymes, in the Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo on the Grand Canal.jpg|thumb|Doug_Argue in conversation with US Ambassador to Italy John R. Phillips In_2015, during the Venice Biennale at Doug's exhibit, ''Scattered Rhymes'', in the Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo on the Grand Canal]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Doug Argue: Palimpsests - Overview |url=https://www.modernfineart.com/exhibitions/42-doug-argue-palimpsests-new-york/overview/ |website=Modern Fine Art |language=en}}</ref>

=== Use of language and letters (2008–present) === [[File:Doug Argue opening at Kovacek gallery in Vienna, with introduction by Prof. Dr. Klaus Albrecht Schröder the director of the Albertina Museum in Vienna.jpg|thumb|Doug Argue opening at Kovacek gallery in Vienna with introduction by Prof Dr._Klaus Albrecht Schröder the director of the Albertina Museum in Vienna]]

Beginning around 2008, letters became a central and enduring element of Argue’s work.<ref name=":4" /> Rather than functioning as readable text, letters are treated as visual units applied like brushstrokes that accumulate, fragment, and obscure meaning.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Art and Influences of Doug Argue |url=https://hospitalitydesign.com/people/interviews/art-and-influences-of-doug-argue/ |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=Hospitality Design |language=en-US}}</ref> Argue has described letters as fundamental particles that combine and recombine, analogous to atoms or chromosomes, reflecting cultural flux and the continual re-formation of history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue - Overview |url=https://www.piermarq.com.au/artists/33-doug-argue/overview/ |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=PIERMARQ* {{!}} Contemporary Art Gallery Sydney |language=en}}</ref>

These language-based paintings are not strictly abstract, as letters remain recognizable even when legibility dissolves. In works such as ''Genesis'' (2007–2009)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue {{!}} Genesis (2007-2009) {{!}} Available for Sale {{!}} Artsy |url=https://www.artsy.net/artwork/doug-argue-genesis-2 |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=www.artsy.net |language=en}}</ref>, the surface is constructed entirely from letters drawn from the Book of Genesis, rendered unreadable through scale and density.<ref name=":3" />

Between 2017 and 2022, Argue produced a series of paintings in which historical images were overlaid with dense fields of letters, suggesting revision, instability, and reinterpretation rather than quotation or homage.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Real |first=Carol |date=2022-12-16 |title=Doug Argue: Letters to the Future |url=https://www.art-summit.com/doug-argue/ |access-date=2026-02-02 |website=Art Summit |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''Career Retrospective'''

In 2023 Argue was given the rare honor of a career retrospective. It was held at the Weisman Art Museum and titled ''Letters to the Future''.<ref name=":7" /> This exhibition was curated by the well-known museum director and curator Elizabeth Armstrong, and it brought together works from all periods of his career from 1980 to 2023. It was accompanied by a survey book of the same title published by Skira in Milan, Italy.<ref name=":7" />[[File:Chicken Painting.jpg|thumb|Doug Argue's 1994 ''Untitled'', an oil painting on canvas (144 in. x 216 in.), is on long-term loan to the [https://wam.umn.edu/ Weisman Art Museum] at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.]] ===Artwork in the World Trade Center=== {{main|Artwork at the World Trade Center (2001–present)}} thumb|Doug Argue paintings in the north lobby of One World Trade Center, New York City. From left: ''Randomly Placed Exact Percentages'' (112 in. x 162 in.) and ''Isotropic'' (112 in. x 160 in.). Both are oil on canvas. ''Genesis'' (160 in. x 230 in.), oil on linen. In November 2014, three large oil paintings by Argue (''Randomly Placed Exact Percentages'' (2009-2013), ''Genesis'' (2007-09) and ''Isotropic'' (2009-2013)) were installed in the lobby of One World Trade Center as part of the art collection of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Expansive abstractions of the universe on view at newly opened One World Trade Center |url=https://artdaily.cc/news/74085/Expansive-abstractions-of-the-universe-on-view-at-newly-opened-One-World-Trade-Center-#.XwEAuygzZaR |access-date=2020-07-04 |website=artdaily.cc |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705194600/https://artdaily.cc/news/74085/Expansive-abstractions-of-the-universe-on-view-at-newly-opened-One-World-Trade-Center-#.XwEAuygzZaR |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-25 |title=Unity Through Abstraction: One World Trade Center's Art Collection |url=https://www.artsy.net/article/editorial-unity-through-abstraction-one-world-trade-centers |access-date=2020-07-04 |website=Artsy |language=en |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705070206/https://www.artsy.net/article/editorial-unity-through-abstraction-one-world-trade-centers |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Riley|first=Charles A. II|date=2015-02-28|title=Power of Art Succeeds in 1 World Trade Center Art Collection|url=https://hamptonsarthub.com/2015/02/28/art-review-power-of-art-succeeds-in-one-world-trade-center-art-collection/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320180421/http://hamptonsarthub.com:80/2015/02/28/art-review-power-of-art-succeeds-in-one-world-trade-center-art-collection/ |archive-date=2015-03-20 |access-date=2020-07-04|website=hamptonsarthub.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

===56th Venice Biennale=== {{main|56th Venice Biennale}}

In 2015, during the Venice Biennale he exhibited ''Scattered Rhymes'' in the Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo on the Grand Canal.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nardin |first1=Marie Ohanesian |date=2015-05-08 |title=Venice Biennale Arte 2015: Doug Argue's Scattered Rhymes, a Satellite Exhibit You'll Want to See |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/venice-biennale-arte-2015_b_7242338 |access-date=2020-07-04 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705104901/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/venice-biennale-arte-2015_b_7242338 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McAlpine |first=Skye |title=Venice Biennale 2015: Our Favorite Under-the-Radar Art Exhibits |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2015-05-11/venice-biennale-2015-our-favorite-under-the-radar-art-exhibits |access-date=2020-07-04 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |date=11 May 2015 |language=en |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705184921/https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2015-05-11/venice-biennale-2015-our-favorite-under-the-radar-art-exhibits |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Special project (2018)=== [[File:Footfalls Echo in the Memory.jpg|thumb|''Footfalls Echo in the Memory,'' an oil painting by Doug Argue completed in 2018, began with his reversed copy of Picasso's 1907 ''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.'' He then layered the modern masterwork with a blizzard of torqued and twisted letters. The painting (99 in. x 95 in.) was first shown at Marc Straus Gallery in New York City in 2018.]] In 2018, his work ''Footfalls Echo in Memory'' (2017), a re-visitation of Picasso's ''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'', was both the source for choreography and part of the scenography for ''News of the World'', a dance show performed by ODC/Dance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tollon |first=Marie |date=2018-03-16 |title=A Veil Over the Moment: "News of the World" Program Notes |url=https://medium.com/odc-dance-stories/a-veil-over-the-moment-news-of-the-world-program-notes-a5b2c9bad8f4 |access-date=2020-07-04 |website=Medium |language=en |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705064549/https://medium.com/odc-dance-stories/a-veil-over-the-moment-news-of-the-world-program-notes-a5b2c9bad8f4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-17 |title=ODC/Dance – News of the World, What we carry What we keep – San Francisco |url=https://dancetabs.com/2018/03/odc-dance-news-of-the-world-what-we-carry-what-we-keep-san-francisco/ |access-date=2020-07-04 |website=DanceTabs |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705183211/https://dancetabs.com/2018/03/odc-dance-news-of-the-world-what-we-carry-what-we-keep-san-francisco/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Publications and critical reception == In 2020, Argue’s survey monograph ''Doug Argue: Letters to the Future'' was published by Skira (Milan).<ref>{{Cite web |title=“Doug Argue: Letters to the Future” – Northeast Minneapolis Arts District |url=https://northeastminneapolisartsdistrict.org/doug-argue-letters-to-the-future/ |access-date=2026-02-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> The book includes essays and interviews by critics and curators, including Elizabeth Armstrong and Claude Peck''',''' and documents several decades of the artist’s work.<ref name=":6" />

Armstrong, writing for Argue’s museum survey, emphasized the continuity between his early expressionist paintings and later modernist works, describing a persistent engagement with scale, physicality, and historical reference.<ref>{{Cite web |title=You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Wall – Northeast Minneapolis Arts District |url=https://northeastminneapolisartsdistrict.org/youre-gonna-need-a-bigger-wall/ |access-date=2026-02-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Argue has also been the subject of critical essays by Donald Kuspit<ref name=":3" />, as well as coverage in international art publications, including The Art Newspaper.<ref name=":7" />

== Personal life == Argue lives and works in New York City. He has one son, Mattison LeMieux from a previous relationship.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eler |first=Alicia |date=2023-07-18 |title=Minnesota-born artist Doug Argue returns for retrospective at Weisman Art Museum |url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-born-artist-doug-argue-returns-for-retrospective-at-weisman-art-museum/600290192 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250320103911/https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-born-artist-doug-argue-returns-for-retrospective-at-weisman-art-museum/600290192 |archive-date=2025-03-20 |access-date=2026-02-02 |language=en}}</ref> He was formerly married to landscape architect Mary Margaret Jones; the couple divorced in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Erin Geiger |title=A Landscape Architect’s Perfect View: The Urban Jungle |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-landscape-architects-perfect-view-the-urban-jungle-1455119759 |website=Wall Street Journal |date=10 February 2016}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography == thumb|''Doug Argue: Letters to the Future'', published by Skira in 2020, contains essays, a poem by Ocean Vuong, an interview with the artist and 175 color plates of Argue's work from the 1980s to 2019. [[File:Father and son exhibition Letters to the Future Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN.jpg|thumb|Father and son exhibition ''Letters to the Future'' Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN]]

* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Argue-Letters-Paola-Gribaudo/dp/8857243273 Doug Argue: Letters to the Future]'' (Skira, 2020)

==Selected exhibitions== * Minneapolis Institute of Art<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Library of Babel, Doug Argue ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art|url=http://collections.artsmia.org/art/5420/the-library-of-babel-doug-argue|access-date=2020-07-05|website=collections.artsmia.org|archive-date=2020-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705222654/https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5420/the-library-of-babel-doug-argue|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Untitled (Plymouth Plantation), Doug Argue ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art|url=http://collections.artsmia.org/art/43725/untitled-doug-argue|access-date=2020-07-05|website=collections.artsmia.org|archive-date=2020-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705221659/https://collections.artsmia.org/art/43725/untitled-doug-argue|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=#12, from the Botanical series, Doug Argue ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art|url=http://collections.artsmia.org/art/89318/12-from-the-botanical-series-doug-argue|access-date=2020-07-05|website=collections.artsmia.org|archive-date=2020-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705221828/https://collections.artsmia.org/art/89318/12-from-the-botanical-series-doug-argue|url-status=live}}</ref> * Walker Art Center<ref>{{Cite web|title=Doug Argue|url=http://walkerart.org/collections/artists/doug-argue|access-date=2020-07-05|website=walkerart.org|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705202415/https://walkerart.org/collections/artists/doug-argue|url-status=live}}</ref> * Minnesota Museum of American Art * Weisman Art Museum<ref name=":1" /> * Grand Rapids Art Museum<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue |url=https://www.theartaltruist.com/doug-argue |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=The Art Altruist |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705064551/https://www.theartaltruist.com/doug-argue |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Cafesjian Museum of Art, Yerevan, Armenia<ref name=":5" /> * Port Authority, World Trade Center, NY * Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN * Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, MN <ref>{{Cite web |title=Exhibition of new paintings by genre-busting painter Doug Argue opens at Edelman Arts |url=https://artdaily.cc/news/60869/Exhibition-of-new-paintings-by-genre-busting-painter-Doug-Argue-opens-at-Edelman-Arts#.XwKFkBNKh24 |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=artdaily.cc |archive-date=2020-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706060132/https://artdaily.cc/news/60869/Exhibition-of-new-paintings-by-genre-busting-painter-Doug-Argue-opens-at-Edelman-Arts#.XwKFkBNKh24 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Awards and recognition == * National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue |url=https://www.theartaltruist.com/doug-argue |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=The Art Altruist |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705064551/https://www.theartaltruist.com/doug-argue |url-status=dead }}</ref> (1987) * Rome Prize<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue |url=https://www.piermarq.com.au/artists/33-doug-argue/overview/ |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=PIERMARQ* - Contemporary art gallery, Paddington, Sydney |language=en |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705144634/https://www.piermarq.com.au/artists/33-doug-argue/overview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (1997) * Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Argue |url=https://www.marcstraus.com/exhibitions/doug-argue-april-2018/ |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=Marc Straus |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705194609/https://www.marcstraus.com/exhibitions/doug-argue-april-2018/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (1995) * Bush Foundation Fellowship (1988) * London International Creative Competition First Prize (2009)

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.dougargue.com/}}

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