I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level. Barbara Kruger affectiveartfeel 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'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
It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves. Barbara Kruger classhardpeople Change image and share on social
I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances. Barbara Kruger authorbiographybook Change image and share on social
I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Barbara Kruger artistpictureword Change image and share on social
I've always been very tied to language. Barbara Kruger havelanguagetie Change image and share on social
I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism. Barbara Kruger criticismpeoplepleasure Change image and share on social
I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in different kinds of sites and contexts which determine what it means and looks like. Barbara Kruger artistcontextdetermine 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