Matchbooks

Often employing satire, Barbara Kruger uses slick, advertising-like imagery and bold text to comment on contemporary society. In the 1980s, Kruger developed a somewhat confrontational aesthetic employing black and white photography and streamlined lettering. She uses pronouns like “your” and “I” to implicate the viewer. Blurring the boundaries between art and commerce, many of her works have been translated into marketable products such as bags, t-shirts, mugs, and matchbooks like these.