BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU

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Jul 16 2022 - Jan 2 2023


​For more than 40 years, American artist Barbara Kruger has been a consistent, critical observer of the ways that images circulate through our culture.​​

Combining images with provocative text, Kruger uses direct address—along with humor, vigilance, and empathy—to expose and undermine the power dynamics of identity, desire, and consumerism. As shrinking attention spans collide with the voyeurism and narcissism that define contemporary life, her immersive installations and widely circulated pictures and words invite us to reconsider how we relate to one another.

THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU. encompasses the full breadth of her career—from early and rarely seen “pasteups” (works that use an analog technique for physically arranging a page’s contents with manual “cut and paste”) to digital productions of the last two decades. The presentation includes works on vinyl, site-specific installations, animations, and multichannel video installations.

The exhibition is not, however, a retrospective. Challenging notions of career building and a strict chronology, Kruger has re-envisioned the retrospective itself by rethinking, remaking, and replaying her work over the decades for the constantly moving present.


Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website
Image credit: Barbara Kruger, Thinking of You . I Mean Me. I Mean You, 2019, digital image courtesy of the artist.

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