I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results. Barbara Kruger bigbuckcall Change image and share on social
Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives. Barbara Kruger careercomplicitylive Change image and share on social
I've never worked in advertising - my experience was as an editorial designer for magazines - but you could say, in the bigger picture, that magazines are vehicles for colour advertising. Barbara Kruger advertisebigcolour Change image and share on social
I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race. Barbara Kruger controlfeltissue Change image and share on social
Power doesn't just exist. It is threaded through different mechanisms of control. I'm interested in those complexities. But I want to address that in very forthright language and sometimes with images. Barbara Kruger addresscomplexitycontrol share on social
There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just 'works.' I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a movie, music, a building, a book. Barbara Kruger bookbuildkind Change image and share on social
I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun. Barbara Kruger dealdevelopgirl Change image and share on social
I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity. Barbara Kruger attentiondrawlot Change image and share on social
I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me. Barbara Kruger battledebatedemonize Change image and share on social
I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements. Barbara Kruger arrangementinstallationkind Change image and share on social
