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Studio Audience

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Ballogg, a visit to the studio of the octogenarian sculptor Richard Hunt turned into a six-year-long exploration. Hunt, who died last December, was one of Chicago’s best-known artists thanks to his distinctive abstract metal sculptures that found public homes in cities around the globe. “I was just absolutely mesmerized,” Ballogg says of

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