About The Work
Untitled (Don't...), 2023, exemplifies Kruger’s continued innovation and boldness. The piece features an illustration of a face appearing to suffocate or cough, with crossed eyes and a tongue lolling from its open mouth. This imagery echoes the figure displayed above a doorway in Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. (2022-2023), Kruger's monumental site-specific installation at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Overlaying the face with the inscription "DON'T AGREE / DON'T REPLY / DON'T SETTLE / DON'T SUBMIT," Kruger uses vertical black stripes that resemble jail bars, further emphasizing her critical message. This work, notable for its use of illustrated rather than photographic imagery, represents a new direction in Kruger’s oeuvre, incorporating elements from technology and mass media — such as comics, television cartoons, and digital clip art — to deliver her incisive commentary on contemporary existence.
About Barbara Kruger
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Archival pigment print in artist-designed frame
40.00 x 60.00 in
101.6 x 152.4 cm
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About The Work
Untitled (Don't...), 2023, exemplifies Kruger’s continued innovation and boldness. The piece features an illustration of a face appearing to suffocate or cough, with crossed eyes and a tongue lolling from its open mouth. This imagery echoes the figure displayed above a doorway in Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. (2022-2023), Kruger's monumental site-specific installation at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Overlaying the face with the inscription "DON'T AGREE / DON'T REPLY / DON'T SETTLE / DON'T SUBMIT," Kruger uses vertical black stripes that resemble jail bars, further emphasizing her critical message. This work, notable for its use of illustrated rather than photographic imagery, represents a new direction in Kruger’s oeuvre, incorporating elements from technology and mass media — such as comics, television cartoons, and digital clip art — to deliver her incisive commentary on contemporary existence.
About Barbara Kruger
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Art for Democracy: Bid or Buy Now
- Interviews & Features: ANATOMY OF AN ARTWORK Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am) 1987/ 2019 by Barbara Kruger
- Interviews & Features: The 2021 Holiday Collection - LOUNGE
- Interviews & Features: The Artspace Art for Life Interview with Valeria Napoleone
- News & Events: Prada Marfa, Satan, and Magnetic Dogs: The Upcoming Art Books to Get Excited About
- This work is framed. Frame measurements are 40.00" x 60.00".
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