We Will No Longer Be Seen and Not Heard

Barbara Kruger|Maurice Sanchez|Geraldine Ferraro for U.S. Senate

1992 · Lithograph on aluminum foil collé · Drawings and Prints

Associated with the Pictures Generation, Kruger emerged as a conceptual artist in the 1980s. Previous to that she worked as a successful graphic designer while teaching and exploring a range of artistic modes. This print employs a distinctive collage-like format, with bands of white text printed over red applied across a photographic image appropriated from a popular magazine. An elegantly attired woman wearing white gloves and pearls smiles while peering through opera glasses. The metallic ground seems to compress, even imprison, the figure, while the surrounding words communicate a feminist message of empowerment and agency. Kruger uses elements of mass media to probe gender issues, showing how distinct ideologies shape common phrases and images that are often seen as neutral.

Artist

Barbara Kruger|Maurice Sanchez|Geraldine Ferraro for U.S. Senate

Date

1992

Medium

Lithograph on aluminum foil collé

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Stewart S. MacDermott Fund, 2010