The work of the American artist—who has been using mass media’s aphoristic language and provocative tone to address charged subjects since the late eighties—fills MOMA’s soaring atrium.
"Since the late eighties—long before the invention of Twitter—the American artist Barbara Kruger has been using mass media’s aphoristic language and provocative tone to address such charged subjects as abortion rights (“Your Body Is a Battleground,” 1989) and craven consumerism (“I Shop Therefore I Am,” 1987). Through Jan. 2, Kruger fills moma’s soaring atrium with her latest trenchant critique, pictured above during its installation process: the site-specific “Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.”" — The New Yorker, July 15, 2022
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"Since the late eighties—long before the invention of Twitter—the American artist Barbara Kruger has been using mass media’s aphoristic language and provocative tone to address such charged subjects as abortion rights (“Your Body Is a Battleground,” 1989) and craven consumerism (“I Shop Therefore I Am,” 1987). Through Jan. 2, Kruger fills moma’s soaring atrium with her latest trenchant critique, pictured above during its installation process: the site-specific “Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.”" — The New Yorker, July 15, 2022
