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Mexican performance and multimedia artist
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist
Schneemann, Carolee
Carolee Schneemann
American multimedia artist
Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović
Serbian performance artist
Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin
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Bruce Nauman
American artist
Lisa Anne Auerbach
American artist
Laurie Anderson
American performance artist and author
Adrian Piper
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