Barbara Kruger

ACCA exhibited three specially devised works and the epic 12 by Barbara Kruger. The installation at ACCA showcased recent development in the practice of this internationally significant artist. Curator: Juliana Engberg Project Manager: Anna Macdonald Access...

...the billboard placed contemporary art smack-bang in the middle of the city’s day-to-day activities. The first of several projects curated by ACCA at this site Barbara Kruger’s bold monochromatic text based work Blind Eye debuted to great response from the art world and city...

...with works such as Barbara Kruger’s collage stating: ‘Your pleasure is short lived and spasmodic’ - perhaps capturing the essence of happiness itself: a fleeting feeling of euphoria that is momentarily graspable, but then evaporates into the general miasma of ennui. The exhibition was presented as part...

What’s in a word?  Plenty, or as Barbara Kruger would write later – ‘Plenty Should be Enough!’  Before that, Kruger reformulated René Descartes’ philosophical proposition of cognitive existence, ‘I think therefore I am’, into a motto...

This full colour catalogue accompanied ACCA’s 2005 exhibition.

This full colour catalogue accompanied ACCA’s 2005 exhibition.

...and tertiary students as well as teacher groups that year. The number of school visits was significantly up on 2005, and there was a notable 200% leap in attendance during the exhibition Barbara Kruger. Go West In 2006, in direct response to research reflecting low...

This ongoing partnership, which featured a number of artists over the next three years, was launched on 21 September 2004 with a striking work, Blind Eye by internationally renowned artist Barbara Kruger.

Barbara Kruger, ‘I shop therefore I am’Juliana EngbergWhat’s in a word?  Plenty, or as Barbara Kruger would write later – ‘Plenty Should be Enough!’  Before that, Kruger reformulated René Descartes’ philosophical proposition...

...8220;,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”541″,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”360″}}]]Barbara Kruger, Republic Tower, 2004. Courtesy ACCA Archive Republic Tower...

...8220;}}]]Barbara Kruger, installation view, ACCA, 2005. Courtesy ACCA Archive In the last 12 years ACCA has shown works by internationally acclaimed artists including Jenny Holzer, Callum Morton, Shirin Nishat, Pipilotti Rist, Geoff Lowe, Barbara Kruger, Mike Nelson, Tracey Moffatt...

...by influential artists currently presenting works on the world-stage, the ACCA International series has previously presented survey exhibitions by internationally-renowned artists such as Kader Attia, Gerard Byrne, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Ryan Gander, Douglas Gordon, Jenny Holzer, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara...