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1. Does the highlighted section mean " He does so in a component of Scratching on Things installation titled The Atlas Group which is a miniature-scale model of past installations, past installations dating back to 1989"?
Context:
In his latest installation, Scratching on Things I Could Disavow: A History of Art in the Arab World, Ra’ad distances himself from the Atlas Group. He presents that fictional collective as historical, and as a completed project. He does so in one of the installation’s components, an artwork-object titled The Atlas Group, a miniature-scale model of past gallery installations, dating back to 1989.
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Yes. The comma before "dating back" is off-putting and may give the impression that "The Atlas Group" dates back to 1989, but this isn't consistent with "his latest installation".
- Yes.
- The comma before "dating back" is off-putting and may give the impression that "The Atlas Group" dates back to 1989, but this isn't consistent with "his latest installation".
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Yes. The comma before "dating back" is off-putting and may give the impression that "The Atlas Group" dates back to 1989, but this isn't consistent with "his latest installation".
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