BARBARA KRUGER (AMERICAN B.1945)
UNTITLED (PROJECT FOR DAZED AND CONFUSED)
£688
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
Off-set lithograph, unframed
Dimensions
28cm x 39.5cm (11in x 15.5in)
Footnote
Biography:
Barbara Kruger is an American Conceptual artist and collagist, best known for her works that combine type and image.
Kruger’s works are instantly recognisable from her unique use of black-and-white photographs, red accents, and Futura Bold Oblique font. On top of a mass-media image, Kruger overlays short phrases such as “Thinking of You,” “You are a captive audience,” and “I shop therefore I am.” She employs this language to explore stereotypes, and examine themes of consumerism, identity, sexuality, and power.
Born in 1945 in Newark, NJ, Kruger studied at both Syracuse University and Parsons School of Design, where she studied under Diane Arbus and Marvin Israel in the 1960s. She worked as a graphic designer and art director, which directly influenced her artistic style.
Kruger’s works are held in the collections worldwide, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Today, Kruger lives and works in New York and Los Angeles and is a Distinguished Professor of New Genres at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.