Art as social commentary: visual syntax and meaning in Barbara Kruger’s collages

Barbara Kruger’s urban-inspired visual artworks articulate a critique of the discursive constructions both of the consumer and of consumption itself. A former designer and picture editor in magazines, Kruger resorts to the aesthetic and linguistic techniques of advertising and media to challenge the...

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Main Author: Canelo, Maria José (author)
Format: other
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/35300
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/35300