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The artists ensnared by the capitalist system they affect to despise

Stuart Jeffries on the artists ensnared by the capitalist system they affect to despise

24 April 2021

9:00 AM

24 April 2021

9:00 AM

A few years ago, the American artist Barbara Kruger covered the façade of Frankfurt’s Kaufhof department store with a pair of huge eyes. It was as if Big Brother had come out of retirement. Above that unsparing gaze was the slogan, in Kruger’s signature Futura bold italic font: ‘You want it.

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A retrospective of Barbara Kruger’s work, Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You, is at the Art Institute of Chicago from 19 September 2021 to 24 January 2022.

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