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Kansas City Artists Are Defining 'The State Of The Art'

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E.G. Schempf, courtesy of the artist and Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Mo.
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Curators from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., set out on a road trip to find the most compelling unknown artists hidden away in studios across the country. About a thousand studio visits later, artists had been selected for The State of the Art exhibitTwo Kansas City artists made the cut. 

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