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Title
We
Get
Excited
[Exploded]
Because
They Have
Money
and
God
in Their
Pockets
;
Surveillance
is
Your
Busywork
;
We
Don't
Need
Another
Hero
.
Creator
Kruger, Barbara (American conceptual artist, designer, and writer, born 1945)
Date
1985; 1988; 1989
Cultural Context
American
North American
Style/Period
Contemporary
Conceptual
Postmodern
Theme
Conceptual art
Photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Posters
Placards (information artifacts)
Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts)
Signage
Billboards (site elements)
Outdoor advertising
Collages (visual works)
Appropriation (imagery)
Imagery
Aphorisms
Language (verbal communication)
Inscriptions
Words
Text (layout feature)
Letters (signs)
Capital letters
Lowercase letters
Lettering (layout features)
Typefaces (type forms)
Typography
Graphic design
Layout (composition)
Advertisements
Advertising
Publicizing
Mass media
Mass production
Culture
Popular culture
Political art
Social issues
Power
Observation
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Heads (representations)
Heads (animal or human components)
Faces (animal or human components)
Half figures
Profiles (figures)
Front views
Three-quarter views
Oblique views
Men (male humans)
Women
Boxers (athletes)
Athletes
Boxing
Sports
Pedestrians
Walking
Costume (mode of fashion)
Coats (garments)
Gloves
Sports clothing
Hairstyles
Banana (fruit)
Fruit
Buses
Passenger vehicles
Vehicles (transportation)
Interior views
Automatic doors
Transit advertising
Public transit
Transit systems
Bus transit systems
Urban transit systems
Urban transportation
Automobiles
Sedans
Vans (cargo vehicles)
Trains (vehicle groupings)
Overpasses
Graffiti
Cities
Urban areas
Urban environments
Streets
Streetscapes
Roads
Sidewalks
Traffic signals
Traffic signs
Direction signs
Identification signs
Shop signs
Signboards
Regulatory signs
Warning signs
Broadsides (notices)
Architecture (object genre)
Buildings
Multistory buildings
Exterior views
Subject
Photographs
Posters
Billboard posters
Billboards
Signs (Notices)
Collages
Language
Slogans
Graphic design
Inscriptions
Lettering (Layout features)
Advertisements
Advertising
Publicity
Social aspects
Power (Social sciences)
Surveillance
Faces
Heads (Anatomy)
Men
Women
Boxers (Sports)
Athletes
Boxing
Sports
Pedestrians
Walking
Smiling
Laughter
Posing
Clothing & dress
Sport clothes
Gloves
Coats
Hairstyles
Bananas
Fruit
Cigarettes
Cigarette industry
Products
Smoking
Warnings
Buses
Mass transit
Vehicles
Automobiles
Graffiti
Cities & towns
Streets
Roads
Traffic signs & signals
Signal lights
Broadsides
Architecture
Buildings
Description
Top
left
:
We
Get
Excited
[Exploded]
Because
They Have
Money
and
God
in Their
Pockets
,
1985
,
poster
,
New
York
City
;
Top
center
:
Surveillance
is
Your
Busywork
,
bus
placard
for
Nexus
project
,
Atlanta
,
1985
,
photograph
courtesy
Gerald
F
.
Jones
,
Atlanta
;
Top
right
:
Surveillance
is
Your
Busywork
,
1988
,
poster
,
Sydney
;
We
Don't
Need
Another
Hero
,
1989
,
poster
,
Queens
,
New
York
, a
project
of the
Public
Art
Fund
,
New
York
,
photograph
©
Oren
Slor
.
Location Depicted
New York (N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State)
Atlanta (Ga.)
Georgia (state)
Sydney (New South Wales, Australia)
New South Wales
Australia
Technique
Photography
Photographic techniques
Photographic processes
Lettering (processes)
Collage (technique)
Work Type
Conceptual art
Photographs
Collages
Posters
Billboard posters
Signs (Notices)
Source
Kruger, Barbara, and Kate Linker. Love for Sale: The Words and Pictures of Barbara Kruger. New York: Abrams, 1990. (p.[83])
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kruger courtesy: Surveillance is Your Busywork, Atlanta, 1985, photograph courtesy Gerald F. Jones, Atlanta; We Don't Need Another Hero, 1989, Queens, New York, photograph © Oren Slor; © 1990 by Barbara Kruger.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
722-15.jpg
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