Art

Based on a multitude of perspectives which communicate on a less than elitist level, the postmodern artists of the 1970s and 1980s focused on the negative side of the postmodern world through new forms of expression. One such artist is the social critic Barbara Kruger, a postmodern artist who addresses issues on sexual politics, feminism, consumerism, money, and power in mainstream magazines.

Using language as her number one weapon, Barbara Kruger uses her professional background in poetry and magazine design to further propagate her control of the mass media.
The deceptively simple format of Krugers signature work   black and white photographic images slashed with Futura Bold phrases on rectangles of red   belies her nuanced message of social power struggles, feminism, and consumerism.  (Keehn, 2010)

Working on photographic silkscreen and vinyl in a variety of large sizes, 143 by 103 or 82 by 123, the red lettering that also surrounds her pictures have a unique and original way of saying it as it is to the general public.  Her  art works authentically have no power without the boldness of her worlds,  Itss a small world but not if you have to clean it up, Not ugly enough, or Your body is a battleground.  The later image was used on a poster for protestors demonstrating the social issue of Where is the boundard between inside and outside, private and public, and who will control it which involved the Roe v Wade verdict. To further demonstrate her viewpoint, she placed the same poster on a billboard next to a pro-life organization.