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I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories.

Barbara Kruger

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Barbara Kruger
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 26
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Newark
New Jersey
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