The Postmodern movement had a great influence on photography in the past several years. There were no limits to the way a picture could be captured. The Postmodernists try and focus subject matter on objects and forms that are not obvious to the eye. The camera can distort and give different and obscure angles that make us view subject matter differently. Kruger's work is greatly influenced by the Postmodernism. Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1945, Barbara Kruger is a very outgoing artist whose work is usually compiled photos or messages from someone else's work. She is considered a feminist conceptual artist as well as a graphic designer. Her ideas and concepts have been portrayed in many different ways. She has experimented with soft sculpture, painting and photgraph showing that there is no limit to her creativity. Like most Modern artists, she sets very little rules when creating art. Most importantly, her artwork is designed to spark an immediate interest and make the audience read a caption and see the images that relate to it.
For example, in "Your body is a battleground" the viewer can't help but read the bold letters with an inverted background color. She is a very accomplished artist who has not only done pictures, but film, audio as well as advertisements for
companies. Her work also focuses on politics, social movements, as well as societal forces. Her works show a powerful opinion towards political concerns and can be viewed from billboards, cover pages of magazines and even train station platforms. Like many artists of the time, Kruger wanted to relate her work to current social questions. These issue orientated artitst believed that if they keep there art on the focus of aesthetic matter, then their works will only be a distraction from true life concerns. She is a great example to the Post modern era. We have combined a great variety of her greatest works in the Kruger exhibit. Enjoy!

Barbara Kruger is noted for large-scale works that combine images from popular culture with short, pointed texts. Kruger’s works are aggressive and confrontational and frequently deliver feminist messages. Barbara Kruger’s works are out of the ordinary and she has no limits to her imagination.

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