“I see my work as a series of attempts to ruin certain representations and to welcome a female spectator into the audience of men. If this work is considered incorrect, all the better, for my attempts aim to undermine that singular pontificating male voice-over which correctly instructs our pleasures and histories or lack of them.” IfsMenCertainVoicePleasureAudienceFemaleAimSeriesMalesWelcomeRuinsRepresentationSpectatorsVoice Over Book:Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances Source: Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances
“If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.” IfsPoliticalSoundTermPolitical PowerPersonal Power Author:Barbara Kruger
“Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.” IfsKicksDelusionSurroundYou ChooseDragSurround YourselfProminence Author:Barbara Kruger
“I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories.” IfsThinkingFeelsMeanDoeArtArtistTermCrazyArt IsUncomfortableNot SureCategoriesPublic Art Author:Barbara Kruger
“I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.” IfsBelieveArtistWatchesMediaNewsConsensus Author:Barbara Kruger
“If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.” IfsCultureCitiesNew YorkProductionsLos AngelesConsumptionAmerican CitiesNational Culture Author:Barbara Kruger
“I remember going into galleries and seeing this thing called conceptual art, and I understand people’s marginalization from what the art subculture is because if you haven’t crashed the codes, and if you don’t know what it is, you feel it’s a conspiracy against your unintelligence. You feel it’s fraud.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsArtRememberSeeingHavensCodeFraudConspiracyGallerySubcultureMarginalizationConceptual Art Author:Barbara Kruger
“Architecture is my first love, if you want to talk about what moves me... the ordering of space, the visual pleasure, architecture's power to construct our days and nights.” IfsWantFirstsMovingNightSpacePleasureArchitectureVisualsFirst LoveConstructsDay And Night Author:Barbara Kruger
