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Article: Nicola Torke: Agentur fur Zeit-Genossische Kunst. (Hamburg).(Brief Article)
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- Artforum International
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Every well-stocked porno shop has two types of sex dolls for sale: the classic blowup doll and the imitation vagina, which (in terms of form) is, at best, abstract-looking. The latter "can't replace a real pussy," as the accompanying promotional material admits, "but it comes damn close!" Nicola Torke presented a refinement of a quite different nature in her latest exhibition. There, a sex doll stood on three short, titlike legs, cast in spotless white porcelain and detailed with a precious line of gold. This work, Seemannsbraut (Sailor's cushion), 2001, didn't look at all like a practical love substitute; indeed, it resembled an organic, abstract form a la Henry Moore ...
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Article: Torke, Arleen E.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
September 27, 2006 ;
325 words
...Torke, Arleen E. (Nee Bostwick) PORT WASHINGTON ... age 79 years. Beloved wife of John D. Torke. Dear mother of Linda (Bob) Goebel, Wendy ... Schwab, Mike (Mary) and Gary (Colleen) Torke. Fond sister MaryBeth (Jim) Paape. Sister ...
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