About The Work
“Surveillance” is an excellent example of Kruger’s powerful approach and unique style. Here a man armed with a loupe is partially covered by a menacing slogan, “Surveillance is your busywork.” The viewer is confronted with a statement alluding to power politics; not just of commodity culture, but of gender politics and community hierarchies as well.
This series was produced as a project for the New York City Metro Transit Authority, and were displayed throughout the city’s subways in the 1980s.
This placard subway poster is in excellent condition and is a rare preserved example of Kruger's early street art.
Courtesy of Caviar20
About Barbara Kruger
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: ANATOMY OF AN ARTWORK Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am) 1987/ 2019 by Barbara Kruger
- Interviews & Features: The 2021 Holiday Collection - LOUNGE
- Interviews & Features: The Artspace Art for Life Interview with Valeria Napoleone
- Interviews & Features: Commemorating John Baldessari: 7 Seminal Pieces by the Conceptual Master
- News & Events: Prada Marfa, Satan, and Magnetic Dogs: The Upcoming Art Books to Get Excited About
About The Work
“Surveillance” is an excellent example of Kruger’s powerful approach and unique style. Here a man armed with a loupe is partially covered by a menacing slogan, “Surveillance is your busywork.” The viewer is confronted with a statement alluding to power politics; not just of commodity culture, but of gender politics and community hierarchies as well.
This series was produced as a project for the New York City Metro Transit Authority, and were displayed throughout the city’s subways in the 1980s.
This placard subway poster is in excellent condition and is a rare preserved example of Kruger's early street art.
Courtesy of Caviar20
About Barbara Kruger
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: ANATOMY OF AN ARTWORK Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am) 1987/ 2019 by Barbara Kruger
- Interviews & Features: The 2021 Holiday Collection - LOUNGE
- Interviews & Features: The Artspace Art for Life Interview with Valeria Napoleone
- Interviews & Features: Commemorating John Baldessari: 7 Seminal Pieces by the Conceptual Master
- News & Events: Prada Marfa, Satan, and Magnetic Dogs: The Upcoming Art Books to Get Excited About
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