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It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

Jenny Holzer

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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
Alone
Times
Making
Kind
Things
Gruesome

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