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I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider.

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
Sure
Artist
Thought
Ideas
Throwing
People
Consider
Wasn
Maybe

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