Barbara Kruger Inspirations and Influences
Barbara has a couple influences/inspirations for her work. Her biggest influence of all though is pop culture and media. She believes media makes people feel a certain way and makes sure that people can see that the media 'manipulates' us through her artwork. She wants to show reality in her artwork which the media tends to hide. It makes people believe virtually impossible things so she makes sure people who view her work can see how the media and pop culture actually is. She likes to twist the words the media spits out at us so that we can understand it in an easier and deeper way. So, media and pop culture are the main influence of all of Barbara's work.
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Barbara-Krugers-Artwork-Speaks-Truth-to-Power-160281585.html
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