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Barbara Kruger — This work is number 3 from an edition of 5.
Barbara Kruger

This work is number 3 from an edition of 5.

Bold black text commands the viewer's attention against a stark visual field, characteristic of Kruger's signature appropriation of mass media aesthetics and advertising language. This silkscreen on canvas, housed in the artist's own frame, merges the boundaries between art object and institutional critique. As number 3 from an edition of 5, the work reflects Kruger's engagement with reproduction and the commodification of meaning in contemporary culture.

Medium
silkscreen on canvas, in artist's frame

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April 13, 2016

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Barbara Kruger, This work is number 3 from an edition of 5.

Bold black text commands the viewer's attention against a stark visual field, characteristic of Kruger's signature appropriation of mass media aesthetics and advertising language. This silkscreen on canvas, housed in the artist's own frame, merges the boundaries between art object and institutional critique. As number 3 from an edition of 5, the work reflects Kruger's engagement with reproduction and the commodification of meaning in contemporary culture.

Medium
silkscreen on canvas, in artist's frame
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Bold, Political, Conceptual, American, Text-Based, Mixed Media, Silkscreen On Canvas, Provocative, Black and White, Contemporary

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