Title: Barbara Kruger /
Authors: Kruger, Barbara, 1945-; Goldstein, Ann; Deutsche, Rosalyn.; Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.); Whitney Museum of American Art
Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art ; MIT Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Kruger, Barbara, Exhibitions.
Abstract: This is the most comprehensive publication ever produced on the work of American artist Barbara Kruger. Kruger, one of the most influential artists of the last three decades, uses pictures and words through a wide variety of media and sites to raise issues of power, sexuality, and representation. Her works include photographic prints on paper and vinyl, etched metal plates, sculpture, video, installations, billboards, posters, magazine and book covers, T-shirts, shopping bags, postcards, and newspaper op-ed pieces.This book serves as the catalog for the first major one-person exhibition of Kruger's work to be mounted in the United States. The book, designed by Lorraine Wild in collaboration with the artist, contains texts by Rosalyn Deutsche, Katherine Dieckmann, Ann Goldstein, Steven Heller, Gary Indiana, Carol Squiers, and Lynne Tillman on subjects associated with Kruger's work, including photography, graphic design, public space, power, and representation, as well as an extensive exhibition history, bibliography, and checklist of the exhibition. The cover features a new piece by Kruger, entitled Thinking of You,created especially for the catalog.
Contents: The war at home / Gary Indiana -- Bring in the world / Ann Goldstein -- Breaking ground : Barbara Kruger's spatial practice / Rosalyn Deutsche -- Barbara Kruger, graphic designer? / Steven Heller -- "Who laughs last?" : the photographs of Barbara Kruger / Carol Squiers -- Barbara Kruger, gal of the people / Katherine Dieckmann -- Interview with Barbara Kruger / Lynne Tillman.