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Shifting gears

The artist known as Skunk puts a new spin on old bicycle parts and odd bits of junk

Skunk and Mobot the robot Mobot the robot was built out of General Electric breaker boxes found in the trash. Skunk says, "Must have been an electrician cleaning out his basement." (Globe Staff / Yoon Byun)
By Joel Brown
Globe Correspondent / July 4, 2008

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The Space 242 gallery in the South End was crowded with friends and freeloaders last Friday, but there was no problem spotting the artist known as Skunk. He dressed like a cross between Keith Richards and the Mad Hatter, in oversize black galoshes, black overalls with a blinking R2-D2 toy in the bib pocket, and a black top hat with ... (Full article: 1115 words)

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