Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger is an American intangible artist whos work mostly uses black & white photos lapped with text usually in white and red. Kruger was born in New Jersey and graduated Weequahic High School and Syracuse University after she studied art and design. Kruger's work more often than not include issues such as feminism and aggressive topics. Kruger often uses words such as words like ‘you’ and ‘we’ to differentiate between male and female. Her red and white bold text over lapping a black and white image are widely used in a range of magazines and her work is highly recognizable.  Text shown on http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/Literary_Criticism/feminism/kruger/kruger.htm supports this statement ” Usually declarative or accusatory in tone, these phrases posit an opposition between the pronouns "you" and "we," which satirically refer to "men" and "women."  These humorous works suspend the viewer between the fascination of the image and the indictment of the text while reminding us that language and its use within culture to construct and maintina proverbs, jobs, jokes, myths, and history reinforce the interests and perspective of those who control it”

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