In this June 3, 2010 photo, Century High School senior Ali Sifuentes holds his painting, inspired by the realist style of Edward Hopper, of Silver Lake Foods in Rochester, Minn. . Behind Sifuentes is the grocery store that inspired the painting. Sifuentes believes Hopper, a well-known American artist that often focused on urban and rural scenes depicting modern American life, was sending a message about himself and people of his time. (AP Photo/Rochester Post-Bulletin, Michele Jokinen)
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