Dialogues: Barbara Kruger
On Wednesday, September 12 at 2 pm, artist Barbara Kruger took questions from Twitter users. This is part of the Hirshhorn's Dialogues program, an ongoing series of Twitter-based Q&A sessions with artists, curators, critics, collectors, and scholars.
OK, we're ready to go. Send us your questions for Barbara Kruger. Use #AskKruger
You use the vocabulary of popular media. Who is your demographic? What are you selling? #AskKruger- #AskKruger BK: I try to make work about how we are to one another .@supertwist Who is your demographic? What are you selling?
@hirshhorn Have you drawn any inspiration for your art from growing up in Newark, NJ? (I live about 5 minutes from there!) #AskKruger- BK: Yes, I learned about power, race, & class. MT @leahc19: @hirshhorn Have you drawn inspiration from growing up in Newark NJ? #AskKruger
- BK: Expansion is possible. RT @supertwist: How would you expand the installation? Or is it a finished product? #AskKruger
@hirshhorn Hello from Germany. What's the most memorable piece you've seen or created and why? #AskKruger- In Germany? St. Peter's Church in Koeln; Kaufhof Dept. Store, Frankfurt; Rotunda at Schirn. .@dijon_rolle: #AskKruger
#AskKruger would you consider social media a medium or promotional tool in the context of Contemporary Art?- BK: It's a medium to be used in whatever way one chooses. .@artworxma5150: #AskKruger
@smithsonian @hirshhorn What was your break out art piece & how did you get that piece to the world? #AskKruger Love your work.- BK: All work is a process and it's difficult to cite singular "breakouts." .@sadhuguet #AskKruger.
ProfessMoravec 2:09pm via web
#askKruger how do you think the impact of text combined with image has changed with social media allowing user 2 do this & share widely?
- Your work strikes me as a 'call to action.' What action would you like your viewers to take? #AskKruger
- BK: My work is engaged with doubt. .@supertwist Yr work strikes me as call to action. What action would u like yr viewers 2 take? #AskKruger
- BK: NYTimes, LATimes, Guardian, Fox News, MSNBC, C-SPAN, Stormfront, so many others... Q: What news sources do you check daily. #AskKruger
- BK: Yes. Q: Any interest in making artwork via social media or the Internet? #AskKruger
- BK: It can be very valuable and generative. My concern is that any forgotten history is dangerous. .@dothematheson #AskKruger
- BK: I'm bad at ranking and have no need for heroes or singularities. Q: Who were your heroes when you were a young artist? #AskKruger
