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Barbara Kruger
b. 1945, Newark, New Jersey, USA · American · Based in Los Angeles, California & New York, USA
- Parsons School of Design under Diane Arbus and Marvin Israel (1965)
- Syracuse University (1964)
- Paste-Up Photography
- Futura Bold Oblique Text
- Vinyl Architecture Wraps
- Video
Barbara Kruger developed one of contemporary art’s most influential visual languages by combining appropriated black-and-white photographs with declarative text in bold graphic layouts. Drawing on her background in magazine design, she addresses power, gender, consumerism, desire and the politics of address.
Photography; text; installation; video
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.
Major Works
- 1989Untitled (Your Body Is a Battleground)
- 1987Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am)
- 1987Untitled (We Don’t Need Another Hero)
- 1981Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face)
- 1981Untitled (You Are Not Yourself)
- 1991Untitled (Who Owns What?)
- 1990Untitled (Questions)
- 2012Belief+Doubt
- 2021Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.
- 2017Untitled (Forever)
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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