5 Works to Know by Barbara Kruger: Pasteups, Voyeurism, Surveillance, and More

Looking at Barbara Kruger’s work, you, the viewer, are always made aware of your status as a spectator, a consumer, and a reader. “Your body is a battleground,” the artist’s work says. “YOU ARE HERE, LOOKING THROUGH THE GLASS, DARKLY.” “You thrive on mistaken identity.” It’s all about “you.” But then, sometimes Kruger’s bizarre admonitions, rendered in chic Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed text, are about &ld