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Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.
Barbara Kruger
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Barbara Kruger
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 26
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Conceptual Artist
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Newark
New Jersey
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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