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Dora Budor New Galerie DORA BUDOR NEW GALERIE Selected press No. 21, 2016 From Cura magazine DORA BUDOR byDORA Noah BUDORBarker DORAby NoahDORA BUDOR Barker BUDOR by Noahby Noah Barker Barker Dora Budor has a reality complex. Perhaps tus of spectacle into real space, doubling it’s a symptom of her cinephile youth the suture of cinema. Originally anatomi- spentDora wandering Budor has a mental a reality “wilderness complex. 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