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I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race.
Barbara Kruger
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Barbara Kruger
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 26
Artist
Conceptual Artist
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Photographer
Visual Artist
Newark
New Jersey
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