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When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about placing a border between living artists and dead artists.
Yasumasa Morimura
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Yasumasa Morimura
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 11
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