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Really the moment I decided I wanted to do art seriously, I left art school. I wanted to be with people who were interested in the same things I was: popular culture.

Aleksandra Mir

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Aleksandra Mir
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 1
Artist
Drawer
Installation Artist
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Printmaker
Visual Artist
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The Stonehenge proposal got a lot of interesting criticism. One of the best - or worst - said something like, Go home to Las Vegas. I think this project could possibly be realized at a very late part of my career. Right now, I don't have the authority, the budget, the credibility.
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