Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Barbara Kruger — Culture Nature Vase
Barbara Kruger — Culture Nature Vase
Barbara Kruger — Culture Nature Vase
Barbara Kruger — Culture Nature Vase
Barbara Kruger — Culture Nature Vase
Barbara Kruger — Culture Nature Vase
Barbara Kruger

Culture Nature Vase

Barbara Kruger’s Culture Nature Vase transforms her signature bold typographic language into a sculptural edition, wrapping the words CULTURE and NATURE around a cylindrical porcelain form in striking vertical orientation. The contrasting black and blue graphics heighten the tension between these two fundamental forces, echoing Kruger’s ongoing conceptual investigations into perception, power, and the cultural frameworks that shape human experience. Extending her practice into the realm of functional design, this edition embodies Kruger’s sharp critique of consumerism, identity, and social constructs while remaining both collectible and thought-provoking. Produced in an edition of 100, each glazed porcelain vase is stamp-signed on the base and accompanied by a numbered certificate, reaffirming the artist’s enduring engagement with language as a tool for questioning the world around us.

Medium
Multiples
Signed
Yes

Notes

From MLTPL New Art Editions collection. Handle: barbara-kruger-culture-nature-vase.

For Sale — $3500

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

About this work

Barbara Kruger, Culture Nature Vase

Barbara Kruger’s Culture Nature Vase transforms her signature bold typographic language into a sculptural edition, wrapping the words CULTURE and NATURE around a cylindrical porcelain form in striking vertical orientation. The contrasting black and blue graphics heighten the tension between these two fundamental forces, echoing Kruger’s ongoing conceptual investigations into perception, power, and the cultural frameworks that shape human experience. Extending her practice into the realm of functional design, this edition embodies Kruger’s sharp critique of consumerism, identity, and social constructs while remaining both collectible and thought-provoking. Produced in an edition of 100, each glazed porcelain vase is stamp-signed on the base and accompanied by a numbered certificate, reaffirming the artist’s enduring engagement with language as a tool for questioning the world around us.

Medium
Multiples
Edition
of 100
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
MLTPL, Hamburg

Related themes

Red and Black, Consumer Culture, Culture Critique, Bold, Cultural Commentary, Political, Conceptual, Text Based, American, Text-Based, Red, Mixed Media, Multiple, Conceptual Art, Vase, Graphic Design, Multiples, Social Commentary, Pop Art, Pop, Graphic, Provocative, Object, Design, Cultural Critique, Object Art, Ironic, Still Life, Contemporary

More works by Barbara Kruger