Lot 63
Barbara Kruger
Untitled
1981-2001
digital print
value $2,900-$3,300
24 x 18" ed. 2 of 20, A.P.
courtesy of the Artist

In the 1970s, after attending Syracuse University and studying Art and Design with Diane Arbus at Parsons School of Design, Barbara Kruger got a job at Condé Nast Publications where she worked for Mademoiselle Magazine, and quickly became the head designer. Her work in design and print presaged the graphic imagery for which she is now known throughout the world. The pairing of found, usually black-and-white photographs with her concise, often acerbic text make for bold and instantly recognizable graphic artworks. In 1999, her work was the subject of a retrospective organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Whitney Museum in New York. A member of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions’s group of Artist Advisors, Barbara Kruger now divides her time between Los Angeles and New York.