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Spesso le opere d’arte e la morte sono strettamente intrecciate le une all’altra. La realtà crudele espressa in immagini può essere sgradevole; eppure se l’energia che traspare dovesse essere riconosciuta cupa e ingiusta potrebbe non essere solo a causa di ciò che rappresenta. Dobbiamo piuttosto vederla come il tentativo di affrontare ciò che di oscuro c’è nelle nostre vite e nel mondo in cui viviamo, come un processo per mutare in comprensione le nostre incomprensioni. (Guardate il blog sul PC)

venerdì 19 maggio 2023

Barbara Kruger [b. 1945 in Newark, New Jersey]

Barbara Kruger - Untitled (Your body is a battleground)(1989)

Photographic silkscreen on vinyl - 284.48 x 284.48 cm

Barbara Kruger addresses media and politics in their native tongue: tabloid, sensational, authoritative, and direct. Kruger’s words and images merge the commercial and art worlds; their critical resonance eviscerates cultural hierarchies — everyone and everything is for sale. The year 1989 was marked by numerous demonstrations protesting a new wave of antiabortion laws chipping away at the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Untitled (Your body is a battleground) was produced by Kruger for the Women’s March on Washington in support of reproductive freedom. The woman’s face, disembodied, split in positive and negative exposures, and obscured by text, marks a stark divide. This image is simultaneously art and protest. Though its origin is tied to a specific moment, the power of the work lies in the timelessness of its declaration.

da: thebroad