Barbara Kruger at ACCA, Melbourne

Barbara Kruger (born 26 January, 1945) is an American conceptual artist.

Quotes

  • When I hear the word Culture I take out my checkbook
    • Words on an untitled artwork (1985)
      • Taken directly from Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film Le Mépris.
    • A takeoff on the quote "Whenever I hear the word 'Culture,' I reach for my revolver," from Hans Johst, Schlageter (1933), act I, scene I (actual quote: Wenn ich Kultur höre … entsichere ich meinen Browning! [Whenever I hear of culture... I release the safety-catch of my Browning!])
      • Paraphrased from The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey, '"When I heard the word 'culture,'" said Dr. Sarvis "I reach for my checkbook."' pg. 109
  • If you can’t feel it, it must be real.
    • Love For Sale – The Words and Pictures of Barbara Kruger, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, Australia, 17th October – 24th November 1996
  • Memory is your image of perfection.
    • Love For Sale – The Words and Pictures of Barbara Kruger, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, Australia, 17th October – 24th November 1996
  • Architecture is my first love, if you want to talk about what moves me — the ordering of space, the visual pleasure, architecture's power to construct our days and nights.
    • In: Art in America, Vol. 85, Nr. 10-12 (1997), p. 96
  • I have no complaints, except for the world.
    • Lecture, San Francisco Art Institute (2005-02-01)
  • What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers.
    • An email to a supreme employee.
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