Steven Velez
January 27, 2020
Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist born on January
26, 1945 in Newark, NJ. Kruger incorporates image and text to help deliver her
sexual, social, and political messages. Kruger is huge advocate of exploring gender
and identity. Often times her artwork challenges the stereotypes created by the
mass media about gender roles, social relationships, and political issues.
In one of her famous works (Your body is a battleground,
1989), Kruger addresses political and media issues especially the protest of the
antiabortion laws. This art was created in support of reproductive freedom for
the Women’s March on Washington. In many of her works, Kruger tends to keep the images in black and white scale with her
slogans over the images.
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