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Also Known As art-as-idea • post-object art

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Lawrence Weiner
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Laurie Anderson
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres
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Danh Vo
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Adrian Piper
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Jenny Holzer
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Sherrie Levine
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Alfredo Jaar
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