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Barbara Kruger (b. 1945) is an American conceptual artist. She was born in Newark, New Jersey and left there in 1964 to attend Syracuse University. After a year at Syracuse, she moved to New York, where she began attending Parsons School of Design. She studied with Diane Arbus and Marvin Israel, who, as a graphic designer and art director for Harper's Bazaar in the 1960s, introduced Kruger to photographers and fashion/magazine sub-cultures. After a year at Parsons, Kruger left school and started to work at Mademoiselle magazine as an entry-level designer. Image File history File links Kruger_ishop. ... Image File history File links Kruger_ishop. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Nickname: Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: , Country State County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Government  - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1]  - Total 26. ... Crouse College, a 19th-century Romanesque building which houses the universitys visual arts and music programs Syracuse University (SU) is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States the geographic center of the state, about 250 miles northwest of New York City. ... The Parsons School of Design, located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, is a design school affiliated (since 1970) with the New School University. ... Diane Arbus (March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society, such as tranvestites, dwarves, giants, prostitutes, and ordinary citizens in poses and settings conveying a disturbing uncanniness. ... Marvin Israel (b. ... For the 1960s musical group, see Harpers Bizarre. ... Mademoiselle was an influential womens magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. ...

Much of Kruger's graphic work consists of black-and-white photographs with overlaid captions set in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique. The phrases included in her work are usually declarative, and make common use of such pronouns as "you," "I," "we," and "they." The juxtaposition of Kruger's imagery with text containing criticism of sexism and misogyny and the circulation of power within cultures is a recurring motif in the work. Black-and-white or black and white) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The commemorative plaque left on Earths moon in July, 1969 uses Futura. ... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Gay bashing Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial... This box:      Misogyny (IPA: ) is hatred or strong prejudice against women; an antonym of philogyny. ...

For the past decade Kruger has created installations of video, film, audio and projection. Enveloping the viewer with the seductions of direct address, her work is consistently about the kindnesses and brutalities of social life: about how we are to one another. For other uses, see Video (disambiguation). ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Audio can mean: Sounding that can be heard. ... The word projection can mean more than one thing. ...

"Kruger's works are direct and evoke an immediate response. Usually her style involves the cropping of a magazine or newspaper image enlarged in black and white. The enlargement of the image is done as crudely as possible to monumental proportions. A message is stenciled on the image, usually in white letters against a background of red. The text and image are unrelated in an effort to create anxiety by the audience that plays on the fears of society." (Janson, p. 992).

In 2005 Kruger was honored at the 51st Venice Biennale with the "Golden Lion" for Lifetime Achievement. Kruger is currently a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. Visual diagram of a basic stencil. ... This article is about state anxiety. ... Detail of exhibition. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ...

 Books 

• Barbara Kruger: 7 January to 28 January 1989, by Barbara Kruger, Mary Boone Gallery, 1989
• Barbara Kruger: 5 January to 26 January 1991, by Barbara Kruger, 1991
• Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances by Barbara Kruger, 1994
• Love for Sale, by Kate Linker, 1996
• Remaking History (Discussions in Contemporary Culture, No 4) by Barbara Kruger, 1998
• Thinking of You, 1999 (The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles)
• Barbara Kruger, by Angela Vettese, 2002
• Money Talks by Barbara Kruger and Lisa Phillips, 2005
• "Barbara Kruger"

Film and Video

• "Pleasure, Pain, Desire, Disgust". 1997
• "Twelve". 2004

References

• Janson, H.W., Janson, Anthony F. History of Art. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers. 6 edition. January 1, 2005. ISBN 0-13-182895-9
• Linker, Kate. Love For Sale: Words and Pictures of Barbara Kruger. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1996.

External links

• Biography, interviews, essays, artwork images and video clips from PBS series Art:21 -- Art in the Twenty-First Century - Season 1 (2001).
• A fan website, barbarakruger.com
• Kruger collection at the Broad Art Foundation
• A criticism page, with images
• A tribute site, with images
• A humorous style guide for Kruger-like designs
• Venice Biennale Awards Kruger
• Current exhibitions and connection to galeries at Artfacts.Net
• SWINDLE Magazine Interview