No. 46
BARBARA KRUGER - Pictures and Words (c) 1996
running time: 28 minutes
DVD/VHS

This program looks at the art of one of the most engaging artists working today. Barbara Kruger culls her imagery and words from the world of advertising and the print media. She makes work that not only questions the traditional modes of making art, but work that forcefully interjects itself into our preconceived values and social systems. Seen are two recent shows at the Mary Boone Gallery in SOHO as well as work done in the streets of New York. In interviews, author KATE LINKER and critic PETER SCHJELDAHL discuss the artist's work.