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Vanessa Beecroft

1969 - Today

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Vanessa Beecroft (born April 25, 1969) is an Italian-born American contemporary performance artist; she also works with photography, video art, sculpture, and painting. Many of her works have made use of professional models, sometimes in large numbers and sometimes naked or nearly so, to stage tableaux vivants. She works in the United States, and is based in Los Angeles as of 2009. Her early work was focused on gender and appeared to be autobiographical; her later work is focused on race. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Vanessa Beecroft is the 120th most popular artist (down from 112th in 2024), the 4,587th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,387th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Vanessa Beecroft ranks 120 out of 125. Before her are Oksana Shachko, Larry Rivers, Tania Bruguera, Neil Harbisson, Mounir Fatmi, and Kat Von D. After her are Kim Jung Gi, Theodosia Okoh, Patricia Piccinini, Petr Pavlensky, Emily Jacir, and Abel Azcona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Vanessa Beecroft ranks 770. Before her are Paulo Alves, Ximena Restrepo, Domino Harvey, Brandy Ledford, Mateo Garralda, and Íñigo Cuesta. After her are Yushi Ozaki, Fulvio Valbusa, Paul Blackthorne, José Andrés, Ildikó Mincza-Nébald, and Joel de la Fuente.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vanessa Beecroft ranks 4,588 out of 5,161. Before her are Carlo Calenda (1973), Christof Innerhofer (1984), Angelo Palombo (1981), Emanuele Crialese (1965), Elisa Longo Borghini (1991), and Federico Gatti (1998). After her are Arianna Follis (1977), Fulvio Valbusa (1969), Cristian Zorzi (1972), Donato Sabia (1963), Silvia Colloca (1977), and Riccardo Riccò (1983).

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Among ARTISTS In Italy

Among artists born in Italy, Vanessa Beecroft ranks 7. Before her are Luca Signorelli (1450), Bruno Munari (1907), Luigi Serafini (1949), James Rivière (1949), Renzo Eusebi (1946), and Pippa Bacca (1974).

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