Barbara Kruger
- Introduction
- Barbara Kruger (born January 26, 1945) is an American conceptual artist and collagist associated with The Pictures Generation. Most of her work consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captions, stated in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed text. The phrases in her works often include pronouns such as "you", "your", "I", "we", and "they", addressing cultural constructions of power, identity, consumerism, and sexuality. Kruger lives and works in New York and Los Angeles. Kruger is a Distinguished Professor of New Genres at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
- Wikidata
- Q262284
- Introduction
- Kruger combines photograph-based images with slogans or aphorisms, deconstructing them visually and verbally. Her work appears in public spaces as well as on consumer merchandise.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Writer, Designer, Film Critic, Conceptual Artist
- Names
- Barbara Kruger, Barabra Kruger, Barbarah Kruger, Barbarah Ḳruger
- Ulan
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Exhibitions
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203: Hardware/
Software Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design
Sep 12, 2012–Jun 9, 2013
MoMA
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Contemporary Collection
Nov 16, 2011–Feb 9, 2014
MoMA
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September 11
Sep 11, 2011–Jan 9, 2012
MoMA PS1
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The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
Aug 1–Nov 1, 2010
MoMA
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Barbara Kruger has
28 exhibitionsonline.
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Barbara Kruger Untitled (You Invest in the Divinity of the Masterpiece) 1982
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Barbara Kruger Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Untitled 1985
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Barbara Kruger Untitled (1986)
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Barbara Kruger Untitled (1986)
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Georg Baselitz, Barbara Kruger, Various Artists Parkett no. 11 1986
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Barbara Kruger My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Double page plate (front endpaper and folio 1) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Double page plate (folios 1 verso and 2) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Double page plate (folios 2 verso and 3) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Plate (folio 6) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Plate (folio 9) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Plate (folio 12) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Plate (folio 14) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Double page plate (folios 14 verso and 15) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Plate (folio 17) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Plate (folio 20) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Plate (folio 23) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Plate (folio 26) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Plate (folio 29) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Double page plate (folios 29 verso and 30) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Double page plate (folios 30 verso and 31) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Double page plate (folios 31 verso and 32) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Barbara Kruger Double page plate with colophon (folio 32 verso and endpaper) from My Pretty Pony 1988
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Group Material, Mike Glier, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Carrie Mae Weems, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Nancy Spero, Nancy Linn, Hans Haacke, Richard Prince, Louise Lawler Inserts, an advertising supplement produced for New York Times 1988
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Barbara Kruger Untitled (Printed Matter Matters) (1989)
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Barbara Kruger I shop therefore I am 1990
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Barbara Kruger Rage + Women = Power, cover for Ms. magazine January/February 1992
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Barbara Kruger Whose justice? Whose morality? Whose community? Whose family? Whose values?, cover for Newsweek magazine 1992
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Barbara Kruger I hate myself and you love me for it, cover for Esquire magazine May 1992
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Barbara Kruger Cover for Business of Punishment by rock band Consolidated 1994
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Barbara Kruger Don't Be a Jerk 1996
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Various Artists, Chitra Ganesh, Liam Gillick, Joan Jonas, Barbara Kruger, Julie Mehretu, Walid Raad, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Danh Vo, Anicka Yi Art Against Immigration Ban Letter Portfolio 2017
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Barbara Kruger Untitled from Art Against Immigration Ban Letter Portfolio 2017
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