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Documentary is a little like horror movies, putting a face on fear and transforming threat into fantasy, into imagery. One can handle imagery by leaving it behind. (It is them, not us.)

Martha Rosler

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Martha Rosler
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 29
Art Theorist
Artist
Exhibition Curator
Installation Artist
Performance Artist
Photographer
Television Producer
University Teacher
Video Artist
Brooklyn
New York
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