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Ruby Neri

Ruby Rose Neri (born 1970) is an American visual artist, known for her work as a sculptor and painter. She was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, drawing creative influence from her parents and their friends. Neri is both a painter and a sculptor, and has worked with a wide array of materials including clay, plaster, bronze, steel, fiberglass, glaze, acrylic, oil, and spray paint. Her work is based on abstraction and figuration, drawing inspiration from Bay Area Figuration, German Expressionism, graffiti, and folk art. She is based in Los Angeles, California. She previously worked as a graffiti writer in San Francisco, and used the pseudonyms Reminisce and REM.

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Ruby Rose Neri (born 1970) is an American visual artist, known for her work as a sculptor and painter. She was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, drawing creative influence from her parents and their friends. Neri is both a painter and a sculptor, and has worked with a wide array of materials including clay, plaster, bronze, steel, fiberglass, glaze, acrylic, oil, and spray paint. Her work is based on abstraction and figuration, drawing inspiration from Bay Area Figuration, German Expressionism, graffiti, and folk art. She is based in Los Angeles, California. She previously worked as a graffiti writer in San Francisco, and used the pseudonyms Reminisce and REM.

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  1. date of birth: 1970 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1970". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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