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Virtuosity
Virtuosity Touched by Fire
These two objects, along with several of the ruins of Chicago buildings, present some of the best evidence of the conflagration's accidental artistry. Above, a piece of metal from an unknown source shaped into an abstract form that suggests the wild destructive force of the flames. Below, an ingenious welding of several different familiar metal objects into a sculpture that is strange and new.


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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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