Name: Barbara Krueger Place of birth and date : Newark, New
Jersey, in 1945. Death Date: She is alive, currently living in Los
Angeles and New York city. Period of art: Her career picked off in
her mid 20s after college. studying art and design at Syacuse
University, the school of visual arts. Throughout the years when
working with magazines after graduating college, she was promoted
as graphic designer and art director of mademoiselle magazine.
Therefore; her career picked off in her mid 20s after college. Art
style: American conceptual/pop artist
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Barbara Krueger is a American conceptual/pop artist. What is
pop art? Pop art employs aspects of mass culture, such as
advertising comic books and everyday cultural objects. It is widely
interpreted as a reaction to the then- dominant ideas of abstract
expressionism, as well as an expansion upon them; And due to its
utilization of found objects and images it is similar to Dada. Pop
art is aimed to employ images of popular as opposed to superior
culture in art, emphasizing the common or tasteless elements of any
given culture, most often through the use of irony It is also
associated with the artists' use of mechanical means of
reproduction or rendering techniques. What is conceptual art? Art
in which the idea presented by the artist is considered more
important than the finished product, if any exists.
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Both of these portraits are of Barbara Kruger. The first
picture is expressing happiness, and through the vibrant colors,
and repetition of pictures is showing a fun, modern side. As for
the second picture, it is a two sided poster of herself, as usual,
this picture is in black and white, with the usual red caption.
Many of her portraits have a caption, as associated with pop art
and conceptual art, there is an ironic caption. The first picture,
is showing happiness, this is expressed through colors, and as for
the second picture, she is showing truth, honesty, and the
deceitful side of art. As for the personal circumstances this is
hard to observe, but through the art work you observe the
circumstances of opinion and observation and dealing with the
negative side of society.
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This is a self portrait of a women in her mid 20s. This photo
is addressing the issue of our figures, and the way people see our
bodys in modern societies. Colors, these colors: gray, black, white
and red are normal for Barbaras work, as they add that point of
expressionisms in Barbaras work. These colors make the picture
subtle, but it caught ones eye, due to it not being like regular
modern pictures/photographs. Lines are used in the picture for the
caption, structure of the face and splitting of the face to add a
two faced affect. Lines used both horizontally and vertically.
Which changes ones point of view of the picture, due to the fact
that your looking at two different perspectives. The shapes in this
pictures, are of course the pictures we associate of the face.
Eyes, mouth,, ears and of course the frame. As for the texture, of
this piece, it is hard for me to find any physical qualities due to
this picture being very visual.
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What different elements are used throughout the portrait?
Variety: lines, shapes and colors are used repetitively in this art
piece, and all art pieces of Barbara Krueger. They are used when
captions are made, faces are outlined and objects are defined. The
shapes in this are brought out through brightness/contrast. Red,
gray, black and white are used in all paintings, to emphasize the
intensity of the message coming across throughout the photos.
Rhythm: Lines, shapes and colors are repeated throughout this art
work, this gives a stronger visual affect.
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I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that
stuff ends up in different kinds of sites and contexts which
determine what it means and looks like. 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. I'm trying to deal with ideas about
histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are
constructed. Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my
work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.
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Opinions on Barbara Krueger Before, this art project, I had
never heard of Barbara Krueger. I have been exposed to the art
style of pop art, because we have discussed and researched Andy
Warhol. Although, Barbara Kruegers art style is mainly focused
around pop art, It is very different, to what you may expect (and
what I expected) pop art to look like. When I first saw pop art,
there were bright colors. With Barbaras work, she used gray, black,
white and red. This was a different art perspective for me to see,
due to me associating pop art with vibrant colors. What also caught
me by surprise, was that she had captions not only for her other
self portraits, but for one of her own. I love the fact that
Barbara always shares a perspective with her work, and it always
makes me think more deeply, about the subject she is embracing, and
questioning and somewhat mocking. I love Barbara Kruegers work, not
only because of the research I have done on her, but because all of
her art work has a profound meaning, and when seeing her work you
can observe she has put a lot of though, and process in her works,
and she is trying to reach out to the audience. Sometimes, with
artist, I have a hard time understanding their works, and what I
see is blank. With Barbara Krueger, I understand he pictures, and
they change not only my opinions, but my outlook on different art
medias.
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Conclusion Barbara Krueger, is a very opinionated artist, Her
opinions, questions and demands are constantly shown throughout her
work. With each artwork, are the same colors, and this gives a
repetitive outlook on her artwork. Art elements, constantly used in
her work are variety and rhythm. Without these elements, there
would be no work, due to it being that her work is made out of
lines, colors and different shapes and sizes that make up her
essential piece. Barbara Krueger seems to be curious and somewhat
disgusted with modern societies rituals, leaders and celebrities,
due to the pictures/objects advertised throughout her work. She
brings up controversial topics ; this makes you question her work,
and your beliefs, in whats wrong and normal.