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The artist himself is actually the subject in everything after, say, 1900. Eventually, art becomes so removed from the community that you have to know about the artist before you can even look at the painting, because there is a conceptual idea going on.

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Gus Van Sant
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 24
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