Barbara Kruger

There also some shadows of grey distributed throughout the photograph. The colour of the font is white. Another strong colour and intense colour being used is red. This is shown on the background for the font as well as the framing on the sides. The colour scheme for this photograph is monochromatic for the most part, with the exception for the red. Barbara Kruger is known for the majority of her pieces to be black and white, with elements of red thrown in the colour palette. The original location for this photograph is Washington D.C and it was made in 1989. The subject matter of this artwork is about the support of reproductive freedom. Barbara Kruger is known for her feminist undertones to her works, mostly focusing on gender equality through the photograph and font (“The”). Most of her works include pronouns such as "you" because they address cultural constructions of power, identity, and sexuality. In this particular photograph, the sentence “your body is a battleground” is about how women have to fight for rights, and how we use our bodies as a platform for that through a metaphor. Some of the most distinctive feature on this work is the positive and negative exposures with the hues of the woman 's face. Another distinctive characteristic…

artist or a work of art that attempts to convey as message as well. Barbara Kruger a mixed media artist and graphic designer conduct powerful messages concerning feminism and women’s rights through her artworks. In much of her work she frequently uses bold and controversial black and white imagery along as text that lies over vivid red to catch the viewer’s eyes to evoke a particular concern or topic. In her montage Untitled (Your Body is a Battleground 1989, Kruger raises her concerns over…

Barbara Kruger was born 1945, January 26. The Kruger’s were a Middle class family, in New Jersey. Her father, Mr Kruger was a chemical technician while her mother, Mrs Kruger worked as a legal secretary. She was an only child and had a typical childhood growing up. Kruger went to the Weequahic High School In Newark. In this school is was artistically inclined from a young age and decided to pursue her higher education in art and design. In her years as young teen when can conclude that she loved…

Barbara Kruger is a brilliant American Visual Artist, who sends messages through her work about the state of the country and the state of the world. She tries to tackle issues about gender, power, identity and the glass ceiling. Her style is quite distinctive as she uses found photography, which has been altered to have extreme black and white contrast and is overlayed with red and white text. Barbara Kruger became recognized as an artist in the late 60’s when feminism was reviled by the masses…

Women aren’t recognized in society simple objectified by male race around us. We struggle with being heard but Barbara Kruger conceptual artist opens the mind of male figures about the struggle women face in her photograph “Your body is a battleground”. Kruger used an appropriated image with a symmetrical line drawn through the middle with the left side being positive and the right side being negative with a startling message written in black on top of a red strip. Barbara Kruger exalts her…

She Creates collage photos to spread messages about feminism, power, sexuality, identity etc. The use of a black and white photo behind a shocking message makes the viewers turn their head towards it and think deeply about the meaning and a reflection on themselves. ‘Your body is a battleground’ (1989). This print was made for the 1989 reproductive rights protest, the march for women’s lives, in Washington D.C. (). The piece is a woman’s face staring straight ahead and split down the middle…

For this essay, the artwork chosen is titled Untitled, (I Shop Therefore I Am) by Barbara Kruger. This artwork was created in 1987 using the medium of film in order to capture the image. The subject for this artwork would be issue oriented based on the message displayed. This piece would also be considered to be abstract due to the message that is displayed in the photograph and how it makes itself look different. The artwork itself is what looks to be a reused photo for a previous advertisement…

“If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality”-Roopleen. This quote relates to both Ben Carson and Taylor Greene from The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver during their journey on accomplishing their goals. Gifted hands by Ben Carson is an aspiring story of how he started from Detroit and made his way to be an astounding pediatric neurosurgeon at John Hopkins by the age of thirty-three and never seemed…

In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521 is a young man who struggles to find ways to show his true self because he lives in a society based on conformity. Ayn Rand uses the symbols of the light bulb, the Uncharted Forest, and his new name to demonstrate the conflict of individuality versus conformity in order to demonstrate the importance of individuality and self-discovery. Thus, through the use of these symbols, Ayn Rand is able to integrate the theme of individuality versus conformity…

Amy Nguyen ENGL 1002 Paper #1 As humans, we grow up in a community of family and friends. They provide the learned values and direction that allows us to become functioning members of society who are able to help others and ourselves. It is the basis of society. Community presents itself as an interwoven network of various part and sub-parts, and every small action can create a ripple effect that may go unnoticed by those immediately surrounding it, but more clearly seen as the waves spread. In…