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Some contemporary American Artists utilizing text: Ed Ruscha b. 1937, Omaha, NE Jenny Holzer b. 1950, Gallipolis, OH Barbara Kruger b. 1945, Newark, NJ Steve Hurd b. 1956, Washingon, D.C. Alexis Smith b. 1949, Los Angeles, CA Ellen Gallagher b. 1965, Providence, RI Margaret Killgallen b. 1967, Wash. D.C., d. 2001 Kerry James Marshall b. 1955, Birmingham, AL Larry Johnson b. 1959, Long Beach, CA

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Some contemporary American Artists utilizing text:. Ed Ruscha b. 1937, Omaha, NE Jenny Holzer b. 1950, Gallipolis, OH Barbara Kruger b. 1945, Newark, NJ Steve Hurd b. 1956, Washingon, D.C. Alexis Smith b. 1949, Los Angeles, CA Ellen Gallagher b. 1965, Providence, RI - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Some contemporary American Artists utilizing text:

Ed Ruscha b. 1937, Omaha, NE

Jenny Holzer b. 1950, Gallipolis, OH

Barbara Kruger b. 1945, Newark, NJ

Steve Hurd b. 1956, Washingon, D.C.

Alexis Smith b. 1949, Los Angeles, CA

Ellen Gallagher b. 1965, Providence, RI

Margaret Killgallen b. 1967, Wash. D.C., d. 2001

Kerry James Marshall b. 1955, Birmingham, AL

Larry Johnson b. 1959, Long Beach, CA

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Ribbons, 1973oil on canvas20 H x 24 W (inches)

Ed Ruscha

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Boy Meets Girl, 1987acrylic on canvas

72 H x 72 W (inches)

Ed Ruscha

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Question Answer, 1992 acrylic on canvas

18 15/16 H x 24 W (inches)

Ed Ruscha

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THE SURVIVAL SERIES: YOU ARE SO COMPLEX THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS RESPOND TO DANGER, 1983-85

Danby Imperial white marble footstool17 x 23 x 15 3/4 inches

Jenny Holzer

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Jenny Holzer

ARNO, 1996Xenon projectionapprox. 100 x 115 feetInstalled at Palazzo Bargagli, FlorenceSeptember 1996

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Various TextsXenon projectionInstalled at Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos AiresMay 2000

Jenny Holzer

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Untitled (I shop, therefore I am)1987Photographic silkscreen on vinyl, 111 x 113 inches

Barbara Kruger

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Untitled (When I hear the word culture, I take out my checkbook)

1985Gelatin silver print 138 x 60

inches

Barbara Kruger

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Untitled (Standing Still & Walking in Los Angeles)1993Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Larry Johnson

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Margaret Kilgallen

Installation view at UCLA / Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles2000Photo by Robert WedemeyerCourtesy Deitch Projects, New York

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Make Love Not War

2009

Mixed media collage

Alexis Smith

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The Medium is the Message

2009

Mixed media (installation)

Alexis Smith

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Ellen Gallagher

"Mr. Terrific" from "DeLuxe"2004-2005Aquatint, photogravure, and plasticine, 13 x 10 inchesEdition of 20

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Better Homes Better Gardens1994

Acrylic and collage on unstretched canvas, 100 x 142 inches

Kerry James Marshall

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The Devil’s in the Details

2007

Oil on Canvas

Steve Hurd