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ARTIST

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.'

ABOUT

American conceptual artist (born 1945)

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NOTABLE WORKS

We Will Not Become What We Mean to You 1983 · Art Institute of Chicago Untitled (You Invest in the Divinity of the Masterpiece) 1982 · Museum of Modern Art Untitled (Your Seeing Is Believing) 1984 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art “We get exploded because they’ve got MONEY and GOD in their pockets” 1984 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art We Will No Longer Be Seen and Not Heard 1992 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Untitled (Know nothing, Believe anything, Forget everything) 2000 · National Gallery of Art

INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Diane ArbusDocumentary Photography Magdalena AbakanowiczFiber Art Jenny HolzerConceptual Art Cindy ShermanPictures Generation

Influenced

Shepard FaireyStreet Art Guerrilla GirlsFeminist Art Ai WeiweiPolitical Art Hank Willis ThomasConceptual Art

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