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Chicory Coffee

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'By the mid 1990s, Gormley was experimenting with chicory coffee substitute as a medium, a liquid material with a strong colour and pungent smell. More fluid than linseed oil, more akin to watercolour, its rich colouration and propensity to either dot or puddle in dark tones when tipped over the paper in liquid form is very apparent.

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