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Barbara Kruger

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I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.


— Barbara Kruger


#constructed #deal #fame #hearsay #histories

I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.


— Barbara Kruger


#because #believing #consensus #constructed #else

If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.


— Barbara Kruger


#american #american cities #angeles #cities #consumption

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.


— Barbara Kruger


#eloquence #everything #fortuitous #good #hard

Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.


— Barbara Kruger


#irony #know #listen #our #saturated

Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, and I've chosen to make my work about that insanity.


— Barbara Kruger


#better #chosen #crazy #i #insanity

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.


— Barbara Kruger


#choose #delusion #drag #especially #friends

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.


— Barbara Kruger


#influence #lives #many #moments #most

There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just "works." I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a movie, music, a building, a book.


— Barbara Kruger


#building #happens #i #i love #just

Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different.


— Barbara Kruger


#change #changes #connect #different #enveloping






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Did you know about Barbara Kruger?

Kruger's early monochrome pre-digital works known as ‘paste ups’ reveal the influence of the artist’s experience as a magazine editorial designer during her early career. In September 2009 Kruger’s Between Being Born and Dying a major installation commissioned by the Lever House Art Collection opened at the New York City architectural landmark Lever House. Kruger juxtaposes her imagery and text containing criticism of sexism and the circulation of power within cultures is a recurring motif in Kruger's work.

The phrases in her works often include pronouns such as "you" "your" "I" "we" and "they". Much of her work consists of black-and-white photographs overlaid with declarative captions—in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed.

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