The Pen Can See . The Pen Can See . Barbara Kruger questions American justice through art in many of the same ways Patricia Williams does through writing. They both illustrate that the apocryphal American claim of justness is, in actuality, merely scripted by the American Pen. Both works challenge the authenticity of the Pen and its appropriation of absolute power within itself.
Authorship is essential in preserving hegemony.
The power to script who is included or excluded is absolute. The American Pen possesses the ability to see. It defines and creates societal norms to which everyone else has to conform. The wealthy, white, heterosexual male owns the power of authorship. He is the Pen that s scripts existence in American society.