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JUSTINE VARGA COMBINES THE PHYSICAL ACT OF DRAWING WITH THE CHEMICAL PROCESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, SMEARING AND STAINING HER NEGATIVES WITH PIGMENT DURING THEIR LONG EXPOSURES. TITLED AFTER THE MID-CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL OF ABSTRACTION, ‘TACHISME’ IS A SERIES OF EXPRESSIVE AND ALMOST EVANESCENT PICTURES (LEFT) THAT DISSOLVE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO MEDIUMS. FEBRUARY 18-MARCH 7. TOLARNOGALLERIES.COM