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Gary Sweeney continues to make colorful and gradually more complicated works of art, whether he’s using plastic cups or sizzling neon signs. His new work seems to be shedding the humorous exoskeleton to reveal much more stoic and poignant subjects. For the Texas Biennial, he made two gigantic fence pieces depicting the pixelated profiles of these American icons. [Currently on view at Site 1808 in Austin.] If you’re in A-town for the South by Southwest conflagration, then drive by the outdoor exhibition before it’s all just another page in history.

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