BARBARA KRUGER Gender & Identity Art DIVINITY OF THE MASTERPIECE Women's Rights

Description: Artist: BARBARA KRUGER (American, b. 1945)Title: You invest in the divinity of the masterpieceMedium: Vintage Collectible postcard 1987Printer/Publisher: Fotofolio, NYCAbout the Artist: Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist and collage artist, born on January 26, 1945, in Newark, New Jersey. She is associated with the Pictures Generation and is known for her collage style that consists of black-and-white photographs overlaid with declarative captions, stated in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed text. Kruger rose to prominence in the 1980s for prints that juxtaposed black-and-white found photographs with bold, invented texts. Addressing issues of language and sign, Kruger has often been grouped with such feminist postmodern artists as Jenny Holzer, Sherrie Levine, Martha Rosler, and Cindy Sherman. Like Holzer and Sherman, in particular, she uses the techniques of mass communication and advertising to explore gender and identity. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles awarded Kruger the MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts in 2001. In 2005, she was included in The Experience of Art at the Venice Biennale and was the recipient of the Leone d'Oro for lifetime achievement. At the 10th anniversary Gala in the Garden at the Hammer Museum in 2012, Kruger was honored by TV presenter Rachel Maddow. In 2012, Kruger joined John Baldessari and Catherine Opie in leaving the Museum of Contemporary Art's board in protest, but later returned in support of the museum's new director, Philippe Vergne, in 2014. In 2021, Kruger was included in Time magazine's annual list of the 100 Most Influential People.

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