Creator Bio
Barbara Kruger
b. 1945
American conceptual artist, designer, and writer Barbara Kruger, born in Newark, New Jersey, made her reputation creating artworks that often combine provocative and feminist text with black and white photography. Her work has been displayed in both galleries and public spaces, as well as on posters, T-shirts, electronic signboards, billboards, and flyers. She has had solo exhibitions in the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Kruger received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale (2005).
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Untitled (your body is a battleground)
Barbara Kruger produced Untitled (Your body is a battleground), her most famous work, in support of reproductive freedom at the time of the 1989 Women’s March on Washington, DC.