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Barbara Kruger — Untitled (Flag), Bandana (Limited timed release)
Barbara Kruger

Untitled (Flag), Bandana (Limited timed release)

2020

This screenprinted bandana features bold red and blue coloring with white text arranged in a confrontational layout. The work presents a series of rhetorical questions that probe themes of freedom, agency, and social hierarchy, challenging viewers to examine power dynamics and institutional control. The stark graphic design and declarative typography create an urgent, activist tone characteristic of text-based conceptual art. The questions escalate in intensity, moving from abstract concepts to existential concerns, ultimately questioning who has the power to determine life and death outcomes.

Medium
Screenprinted bandana
Dimensions

Notes

Lot 211 in EHC Essentials: Modern and Contemporary on Artsy (May 19, 2026).

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EHC Essentials: Modern and Contemporary

May 19, 2026

Lot 211

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Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Flag), Bandana (Limited timed release), 2020

This screenprinted bandana features bold red and blue coloring with white text arranged in a confrontational layout. The work presents a series of rhetorical questions that probe themes of freedom, agency, and social hierarchy, challenging viewers to examine power dynamics and institutional control. The stark graphic design and declarative typography create an urgent, activist tone characteristic of text-based conceptual art. The questions escalate in intensity, moving from abstract concepts to existential concerns, ultimately questioning who has the power to determine life and death outcomes.

Medium
Screenprinted bandana
Dimensions
55.9 x 55.9 cm
Year
2020
Seen at
EHC Fine Art Auction, Unknown

Related themes

Activism, Institutional Critique, Bandana Format, Red And Blue, Feminist Art, Conceptual Art, Questions Authority, Pop Art Influence, Graphic Design, Screenprint, Social Commentary, Power Dynamics, Identity Politics, Text Based Art, Limited Edition, Provocative Art, Wearable Art, Contemporary Art, Political Art, Rhetoric And Language

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