Born 1969
Vanessa Beecroft was born in Italy and moved to New York
Beecroft's style of artwork is geared around interactions between posing humans. These interactions range from holy representations through to political representations. She uses photography to capture the portraits.
Vanessa Beecroft's belief is to bring more females into art and to shift the emphasis away from nudes as currently around 80% of all women in art are nudes.
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