We Will Not Become What We Mean to You

Barbara Kruger, 1983

MEDIUMGelatin silver print

DIMENSIONS184 × 121 × 5 cm (72 1/2 × 48 × 2 in.)

LOCATIONArt Institute of Chicago

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Barbara Kruger 1945 · United States

Turned advertising's tools against itself with bold red-and-white text over photos declaring 'I shop therefore I am.'