Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger
1945
American
Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, Feminist Art, Postmodernism

A brief story

Barbara Kruger (born 1945, Newark) is an American conceptual artist known for bold text over black-and-white images. Signature works: "Your body is a battleground" (1989) and "I shop therefore I am" (1987).

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Why it inspires us

I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are, what we want to be and what we become.

Barbara Kruger