THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU. by Barbara Kruger

アメリカ人コンセプチュアル・アーティスト、バーバラ・クルーガー(Barbara Kruger)の作品集。作者はコピーライターなどの経験を生かした力強く短い言葉と独特のグラフィックを駆使し、資本主義や消費社会、フェミニズムなどの問題を取り上げた作品を数多く発表してきた。2021年に「シカゴ・アート・インスティテュート(Art Institute Of Chicago)」で開催された、作者の50年以上にも及ぶキャリアの中で最大規模となった展覧会に伴って刊行。本書は展示されたグラフィック作品から映像、彫刻、インスタレーション、また1980年代のアナログな手法で制作していた貼り絵作品や過去20年間のデジタル作品、本展にあわせて発表された新作にいたるまで、作者の横断的な活動を包括的にまとめている。あわせて、ピーター・エリー(Peter Eleey)、ロビン・ファレル(Robyn Farrell)、マイケル・ゴーヴァン(Michael Govan)、ジェームス・ロンドー(James Rondeau)、ゾエ・ウィットレイ(Zoé Whitley)によるテキストを収録。

Five decades of iconic and incisive art from Barbara Kruger

Since the mid-1970s, Barbara Kruger (born 1945) has been interrogating the hierarchies of power and control in works that often combine visual and written language. In her singular graphic style, Kruger probes aspects of identity, desire and consumerism that are embedded in our everyday lives. This volume traces her continuously evolving practice to reveal how she adapts her work in accordance with the moment, site and context. The book features a range of striking images―from her analogue paste-ups of the 1980s to digital productions of the last two decades, including new works produced on the occasion of the exhibition. Also featured are singular works in vinyl, her large-scale room wraps, multichannel videos, site-specific installations and commissioned works.

The book also showcases how Kruger’s site-specific works have been reconceived for each venue, and includes a section of reprinted texts selected by the artist. Renowned for her use of direct address and her engagement with contemporary culture, Kruger is one of the most incisive and courageous artists working today. This volume explores how her pictures and words remain urgently resonant in a rapidly changing world.

by Barbara Kruger

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hardcover
208 pages
230 x 260 mm
color, black and white
2021

published by DELMONICO BOOKS