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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.

Barbara Kruger

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Barbara Kruger
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 26
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Painter
Photographer
Visual Artist
Newark
New Jersey
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