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Barbara Kruger
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American conceptual artist (born 1945)
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Barbara Kruger is an American painter, photographer, and visual artist born in Newark in 1945. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been recognized in the Time 100 collection. Her work spans poster, installation art, and video art, often associated with feminist art, conceptual art, and contemporary art movements. She has worked at Condé Nast and taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, San Diego.
Kruger was educated at the Parsons School of Design and has worked in Siena, Los Angeles, and New York City. Her notable works include *Blur of the Otherworldly*, *Picture This*, *Slices of Life*, *Rachel Whiteread*, and *Barbara Kruger*. Her art is held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Tate. She participated in documenta 7 and documenta 8.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1945
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Blur of the otherworldly
- Picture this
- Slices of life
- Rachel Whiteread
- Barbara Kruger
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1945-01-26 ) January 26, 1945 (age 81) , Newark, New Jersey , U.S.
- Education
- Syracuse University Parsons School of Design
- Known for
- Visual art and graphic design
- Movement
- Feminism , Pictures Generation
- Awards
- Leone D'Oro Venice Biennale , Goslarer Kaiserring
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barbara
- Family name
- Kruger
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newark
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Position held
- professor emeritus
- Employer
- Condé Nast
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Participant in
- documenta 8
- Field of work
- photography
- Genre
- video art
- Movement
- contemporary art
- Image
- Barbara Kruger.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- date of birth
- 1945-01-01
- Commons category
- Barbara Kruger
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- name in native language
- Barbara Kruger
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- copyright representative
- Barbara Kruger
- ethnic group
- White Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
Barbara Kruger (born January 26, 1945) is an American conceptual artist and collagist associated with the Pictures Generation. She is most known for her visual word art that 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's artistic mediums include photography, sculpture, graphic design, architecture, as well as video and audio installations.
Kruger lives and works in New York and Los Angeles. She is an Emerita Distinguished Professor of New Genres at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. In 2021, Kruger was included in Time magazine's annual list of the 100 Most Influential People.
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