Œuvre d'art public

Untitled (It)

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (It), 2010. © Marie-Claude Langevin
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (It), 2010. © Marie-Claude Langevin
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (It), 2010. © Marie-Claude Langevin
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (It), 2010. © Marie-Claude Langevin
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (It), 2010. © Marie-Claude Langevin
Location:
Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON, M5T 1G4, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Kruger, Barbara
Text author(s): 
Kruger, Barbara
Installation year: 
2010
Remarks on location: 

On the facade of the Art Gallery of Ontario

Description: 

The artwork consists of a series of found images and statements.

Text of the artwork: 

LOVE IT

SHOVE IT

PRAISE IT

PLEASE IT

DOUBT IT

SHAME IT

BLAME IT

KISS IT

BUY IT

BELIEVE IT

Text theme: 
Imperatives imposed on the public by advertisers
Artwork theme: 

Explores how photography informs and transforms human behaviour, especially via the medium's connections to mass media, advertising, consumerism and propaganda.

 

How we are to one another

History: 

The installation responds to CONTACT’s theme for 2010, “Pervasive Influence,” which considers how photography informs and transforms human behaviour, especially via the medium’s connections to mass media, advertising, consumerism and propaganda.

 

May 1 - August 30, 2010

Event date(s): 
2010
Note(s): 

“I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are and who we aren’t.”

Barbara Kruger

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