They both aspired to create unusually large - scale prints, the works of both artists had a socially conscious dimension, and each lobbied for artists» rights... Thus it is their trajectory past the Pop era that this exhibition
of graphic work addresses.»
Not exact matches
They were early to mingle photography and
graphics in a style reminiscent
of advertising, and early to
address sexual identity in that
work.
Kruger uses the fluency she developed as a
graphic designer for publications such as Mademoiselle, House & Garden, and Aperture, to inform her
work as an artist, insistently
addressing the issues
of power, property, money, race, and sexuality.
Brehmer sought ways to mass distribute his
work, using his early training in
graphics and printmaking to
address the commodification
of art.
Since the 1980s, and continuing with unceasing relevance, Kruger's
work straightforwardly
addresses notions
of otherness, power, consumerism, and visibility through boldly
graphic text and images in red, black, and white.