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Barbara Kruger:
Society, Sex, and Slogans

"I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like
me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity."
--Barbara Kruger

After reading Edward Said's essay "Opponents, Audiences, Constituencies, and Community" I knew that the work of Barbara Kruger would be very exciting to explore. Born in 1945, Kruger is an artist who became extremely popular in the 1980's for her collaged artwork. Her artwork creates questions and entices responses form viewers. The collages are able to create a playful but meaningful dialogue on important political and social issues. Responding critically to the world around her through social, sexual, and political artwork, Kruger bold style creates a direct interaction with the viewer, which in turn enables the viewer to respond objectively to the ideas Kruger has presented.
After studying at Syracuse University and with Diane......

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