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I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.

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Jenny Holzer
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 29
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Painter
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Gallipolis
Ohio
G'eni Holtser
Necessarily
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Language
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Art
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Wanted
Offer
People
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