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Charles Ray

born 1953

Plank Piece I-II 1973
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Charles Ray (1953) is an American sculptor known for his strange and enigmatic sculptures that draw the viewer's perceptual judgments into question in jarring and unexpected ways. In 2007, Christopher Knight in the Los Angeles Times wrote that Ray's "career as an artist…is easily among the most important of the last twenty years."

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Body art

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  • Plank Piece I-II

    Charles Ray
    1973
  • Fashions

    Charles Ray
    1996

Artist as subject

  • Plank Piece I-II

    Charles Ray
    1973
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