uger produ Video and audio works written criticism taught

Last updated: 3/12/2024

uger produ Video and audio works written criticism taught classes curated exhibitions designed products such as T shirts and mugs and developed public projects such as billboards bus wraps and architectural interventions Kruger addresses media and politics in their native tongue sensational authoritative and direct Personal pronouns like you and I are staples of Kruger s practice bringing the viewer into each piece Direct address has motored my work from the very beginning Kruger said I like it because it cuts through the grease Kruger s work prompts us to interrogate our own positions in the artist s words to question and change the systems that contain us She demands that we consider how our identities are formed within culture through representation in language and image We don t need another hero Artist Photographer Title Date Medium Size Barbara Kruger Untitled We Don t Need Another Hero 1987 Screenprint on vinyl 108 7 8 x 209 3 16 x 2 1 2in 276 5 x 531 3 x 6 4 cm Word Length 275 300 Total Overview For this response your formal analysis is one long paragraph in length Use the Guide to Formal Analysis and the Thick Description sample in the Week 3 Module for additional support Rather than focusing on just one element in detail you need to address several elements briefly Like any formal analysis the purpose is make argument about the photograph Specifications for Constructing the Paragraph Your first sentence known as a topic sentence should broadly identify what s on the table so to speal in terms of how you will consider the image Seeing as there is no single way to interpret any image yo will want to signal to your reader in the first 1 2 sentences the general nature approach of your analysis This will include a one to two sentence thesis statement In the next few sentences provide an initial description that gives the basic details and context of the image mention the artwork s title its author date and location subject