Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1945. She studied at

Syracuse University, Parsons School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts in

New York and has exhibited all over the world.

She has worked from having a design job at "Mademoiselle Magazine", soon

becoming the head designer. Later working as a graphic designer, art director,

and picture editor in the art departments at "House and Garden", "Aperture"

and other publications. This greatly influenced her work as an artist.

Barbara Kruger has a very unique style when it comes to her artwork, her

background in design is the reason she is so well known. Her artwork comes off

very moving and strong but also very simple. She achieves this look by mainly

using the colours red, black and white, while adding and manipulating images

and words to promote strong emotions dealing with crisis, disasters, and people.

Her main topics she chooses to express threw her......

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