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I Hate the Name Kenneth
Ken Aptekar
1996
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Born in Detroit, Michigan, artist Ken Aptekar is best known for works that combine new versions of historical paintings with text. His works have been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, and The New Museum, New York. Aptekar has received two National Endowment in the Arts fellowships, a Rockefeller Residency at Bellagio, and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award. He lives in Paris and New York.
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