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Gold Barbra
Barbra Streisand born 1942
Born Brooklyn, New York
Still a major entertainment figure, Barbra Streisand was just twenty-two when she took Broadway by storm in the hit musical Funny Girl (1964). She became one of the industry's brightest and most versatile stars, excelling in music, theater, movies, and television. As a singer, Streisand rose to the top of the charts in the mid-1960s with multiple Grammys, and she is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. Streisand's motion picture debut in Funny Girl (1968) earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She continued her on-screen career in such films as Hello, Dolly (1969), The Way We Were (1973), and A Star is Born (1976) before branching into producing and directing. In this consciously crafted comment on celebrity, Deb Kass celebrates Streisand's solid gold accomplishments using an image from Funny Girl, in which the actress played Fanny Brice, another boundary-breaking female entertainer.
Deborah Kass (born 1952)
Screenprint, 2013 |