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Barbara Kruger

1945 - Today

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Barbara Kruger (born January 26, 1945) is an American conceptual artist and collagist associated with the Pictures Generation. She is most known for her visual word art that consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captions, stated in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed text. The phrases in her works often include pronouns such as "you", "your", "I", "we", and "they", addressing cultural constructions of power, identity, consumerism, and sexuality. Kruger's artistic mediums include photography, sculpture, graphic design, architecture, as well as video and audio installations. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Kruger is the 838th most popular painter (up from 1,071st in 2019), the 3,216th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,433rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Barbara Kruger ranks 838 out of 2,023. Before her are Olga Boznańska, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Ogata Kōrin, Leandro Bassano, Carle Vernet, and Wilhelm Lehmbruck. After her are Wilhelm Marstrand, Pieter de Molijn, Joachim Beuckelaer, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Michiel Coxie, and Alonso Berruguete.

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Among people born in 1945, Barbara Kruger ranks 206. Before her are Mohamed Osman Jawari, Raymond E. Feist, Hugh Fraser, Celestino Aós Braco, Assi Dayan, and George Dzundza. After her are Fife Symington, Marek Grechuta, Gary Brooker, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nick Simper, and Driss Jettou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Kruger ranks 3,216 out of 20,380. Before her are Ernest Guiraud (1837), Mark Dacascos (1964), Elijah Wood (1981), Garret Hobart (1844), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), and Joel Asaph Allen (1838). After her are Bill Viola (1951), Winsor McCay (1867), Russ Meyer (1922), Joan Bennett (1910), Billy Preston (1946), and Harlan Ellison (1934).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Barbara Kruger ranks 29. Before her are Margaret Keane (1927), Jasper Johns (1930), Andrew Wyeth (1917), John Sloan (1871), Julian Schnabel (1951), and Robert Reid (1862). After her are Anna Lea Merritt (1844), Henry Hill (1943), Donald Judd (1928), Grandma Moses (1860), Lee Krasner (1908), and James Turrell (1943).

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