Friday, 9 December 2011

Barbara Kruger Criticism

I chose the "Your Body Is A Battleground" piece, and in my personal opinion, the image is half negative and with good reason.  The bold writing backed by red in the centre catches your attention and thus keeps your eye on the picture. 
The message that I got from this piece is that your body is constantly in a struggle with itself, emotions fighting and always in competition.  Sometimes one emotion will take over but is a temporary victory, with another soon to take it's place. 
I personally do not like krugger's work because it is not busy enough for me.  I like being able to move my eye around a picture and see lots of details on lots of different objects.  In my humble opinion this picture is boring. 

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