BARBARA KRUGER (b. 1945, Newark, NJ) x AmFar x Barneys NY

'GET BUSY', 1993

Artist's Limited Edition Stick Umbrella

Artist's limited edition 'GET BUSY' stick umbrella art object. Created by Barbara Kruger for AmFar. Sold by Barneys New York. Limited edition of unknown size. Produced by Mespo Umbrellas Ltd. Dimensions: 34" (86 cm). Color: Red, Black, White. © 1993 Barbara Kruger. BRAND NEW with store tag (some storage wear to handle).

PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from Barneys New York 12/17/93.

Artist fundraising project for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFar).

Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist. Much of her work consists of black and white photographs overlaid with declarative captions -- in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique. The phrases in her works often include use of pronouns such as "you", "your", "I", "we", and "they".

Kruger was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1945. After attending Syracuse University, the School of Visual Arts, and studying art and design with Diane Arbus at Parson's School of Design in New York, Kruger obtained a design job at Condé Nast Publications. Working for Mademoiselle Magazine, she was quickly promoted to head designer. Later, she worked as a graphic designer, art director, and picture editor in the art departments at "House and Garden", "Aperture", and other publications.

This background in design is evident in the work for which she is now internationally renowned. She layers found photographs from existing sources with pithy and aggressive text that involves the viewer in the struggle for power and control that her captions speak to. In their trademark black letters against a slash of red background, some of her instantly recognizable slogans read "I shop therefore I am", and "Your body is a battleground". Much of her text questions the viewer about feminism, classicism, consumerism, and individual autonomy and desire, although her black-and-white images are culled from the mainstream magazines that sell the very ideas she is disputing.

As well as appearing in museums and galleries worldwide, Kruger’s work has appeared on billboards, buscards, posters, a public park, a train station platform in Strasbourg, France, and in other public commissions. She has taught at the California Institute of Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in New York and Los Angeles.

 

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