“What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing – the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.” … Read More
“Teaching at university isn’t like teaching in an art school.” Barbara Kruger
“The different aspects of my activity, whether it’s writing criticism, or doing visual work that incorporates writing, or teaching, or curating, is all of a … Read More
“I don’t necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It’s just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.” Barbara Kruger
“It’s hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.” Barbara Kruger
“There’s a moment of recognition. It’s that white-light kind of stuff that just “works.” I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether … Read More
“There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our … Read More
“It entered the visual vocabulary of photographers, painters and sculptors and focused on what pictures and words look like and what they can mean.” … Read More
“Images are made palpable, ironed flat by technology and, in turn, dictate the seemingly real through the representative.” Barbara Kruger
“I’d always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues … Read More
“Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in … Read More
“I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call … Read More
“Love is something you fall into.” Barbara Kruger
“You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.” … Read More
“I worked with someone else’s photos; I cropped them in whatever way I wanted and put words on top of them. I knew how to … Read More
“Warhol’s images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn’t think … Read More
“I’ve always been very tied to language.” Barbara Kruger
“Fashion is everywhere and about everything. It is folly, vanity and the fun of it all. It is disguise, innuendo, and cunning. It is mean, … Read More
“The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can’t focus on longer narratives now – even narrative … Read More
“If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture – not only national … Read More
