Untitled (Your Body Is a Battleground)

February 10, 2021 12:28 PM

An oral history of Barbara Kruger's famous poster from The Gentlewoman -- its beginnings in 1989, its travel to Poland in the 1990s, its contemporary life as museum art (and as a T-shirt). Featuring comments by Cindy Sherman and Shepard Fairey, among others.
posted by Hypatia (6 comments total)

I am on deadline and also was riveted to the impeachment stuff and now it’s my bedtime in Europe. So I cannot comment now but thank you so much for posting this!
posted by Bella Donna at 3:41 PM on February 10, 2021

Very interesting. I had no idea it was originally an event poster.
posted by donpardo at 3:46 PM on February 10, 2021

This is fascinating - thanks for posting!
posted by soleiluna at 9:33 PM on February 10, 2021

Awesome, thankyou!
posted by harriet vane at 3:54 AM on February 11, 2021

This poster and its history is entirely new to me, so excellent post.
posted by MartinWisse at 5:06 AM on February 11, 2021

This was good. I used Futura Bold for the stickers I used to make and paste when I still did that, Kruger is such a force.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 9:36 AM on February 11, 2021 [1 favorite]