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Joshua Callaghan by Josh Rubin
L.A.-based artist Joshua Callaghan uses his education in cultural anthropology and fine arts to create clever installations that serve as both art and a way to disguise undesirable city objects such as utility boxes. Using adhesive vinyl graphics, Callaghan's images reflect the nature that could be hidden behind or in place of the object actually there.
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