People

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There are 9 total persons in this view.

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Michael Alig
Artist and Party Promoter

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Michael Alig is an artist and party promoter, who served almost 17 years in prison for manslaughter. He was a co-founder and ringleader of the Club Kids, a group of New York City clubgoers that became a cultural phenomenon during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Jwan Yosef
Painter and Artist

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Jwan Yosef is an Armenian Syrian-born Swedish painter and artist of Kurdish and Armenian ancestry. He specializes in plastic arts and is based in London, England.

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Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
Magician, Penn & Teller

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Penn Jillette is a magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, filmmaker, television personality and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller, as half of the team Penn & Teller. Jillette serves as the act's orator.

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Penn & Teller
Penn & Teller
Magicians

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Penn & Teller (Penn Jillette and Teller) are American magicians and entertainers who have performed together since the late 1970s, noted for their ongoing act which combines elements of comedy with magic.

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Teller
Teller
Magician, Penn & Teller

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Teller is an American magician, illusionist, writer, actor, painter, and film director. He is best known as half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller, along with Penn Jillette. Teller usually does not speak during performances.

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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Polymath of the Renaissance

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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, writing, history, and cartography.

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John Baldessari
John Baldessari
Conceptual Artist

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John Baldessari was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. His work influenced that of Cindy Sherman, David Salle, Annette Lemieux, and Barbara Kruger, among others.

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Edmonia Lewis
Edmonia Lewis
Sculptor

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Edmonia Lewis was an American sculptor who worked for most of her career in Rome, Italy. Born free in New York, she was the first woman of African-American and Native American heritage to achieve international fame and recognition as a sculptor.

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Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst
Artist

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Damien Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs), who dominated the art scene in the United Kingdom during the 1990s. Death is a central theme in his works.

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There are 9 total persons in this view.