Barbara Kruger at Serpentine

Last year we had an Art Matters episode about who Barbara Kruger is and what her work is about and, finally, my prayers became a reality with an exhibition at the Serpentine.

Her artworks have continually explored complex mechanisms of power, gender, class, consumerism, and capitalism. This immersive three-channel video installation explores contemporary modes of creating and consuming content online. In the work, Kruger combines text, audio clips, and a barrage of found images and memes. It is not a conventional exhibition, without explanatory labels, and I like it. It is direct to the point, same as Kruger’s work, and open to the viewer’s interpretation.

It is Kruger’s first solo institutional show in London in over twenty years, can you believe it?

My graphic designer eyes were very visually happy and stimulated with this show.