芭芭拉·克魯格

Executed in 1979, this work is unique.

私人收藏（直接購自藝術家本人）
紐約，佳士得，2011年3月10日，拍品編號26
香港，德薩畫廊
亞洲，私人收藏

香港，德薩畫廊〈視覺語言：極端抽象，珍妮‧霍爾澤，芭芭拉‧克魯格，貝納‧維尼〉二○一二年十二月十三日至二月二日

This work is in good condition. The end of one of the tape strips is slightly lifting, located 40 cm to the top and 20 cm to the right edges of the work. There are few small abrasions, predominately one located 5 cm to the top and 11 cm to the left edges; the other one 25 cm to the left and 15 cm to the bottom edges, consistent with the artist's working method. This work was not examined out of the frame. Framed under Plexiglas.
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芭芭拉·克魯格自七十年代起勇於面對消費、文化與商品化之間的議題，創作以文字加上圖像的作品，視覺意象強烈，字字珠璣。她結合商業廣告手法及現成圖片拼貼，並透過簡明扼要、發人深省的文字，為圖像增添多層意義，挑戰社會、政治及性別的界限，同時鼓勵觀者對傳統的社會文化概念提出疑問。克魯格曾於六十年代末擔任《Mademoiselle》雜誌的平面設計師，其作品中結合圖像與文字的做法，源自她豐富的廣告創作經驗。

《無題（具體）》中的文字如「理性」、「威權」、「進步」、「結盟」及「和諧」置於軍事人物間，引領觀者探究圖像的政治宣傳性質，審視圖像與政治權力間的關係。她在畫中模仿廣告用語，強調圖像與意義之間的歧異，展示現今文字及視覺創作面臨的困難。