Laurie Anderson is a performance artist. She uses film, electronic and acoustic music, slides, and costumes during her performances. There are common themes to Ms. Anderson's art. Airplanes, dogs, family, the United States, dreams, and language may be used as themes in her performance.

Laurie Anderson was born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the second to the oldest in a family of eight. Ms. Anderson graduated as an art history major from Barnard College. In 1970 she worked as a professor at City College in New York. Laurie Anderson is one of the most significant artist of the century. She is a poet, a writer, a visual artist, and a recording artist.

Ms. Anderson is a recording artist with Warner Brothers Records. She has produced many albums. Her first album is titled "Strange Angels." Laurie Anderson has just released two new discs: "Bright Red" and "The Ugly One With the Jewels." Her latest tour began in February.

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