Barbara Kruger

I Mean Me

After the Refik Anadol exhibit (last post) I exited through the gift shop where, once again, I found a gallery opportunity to photograph myself.

Our next stop was the Serpentine Gallery for the Barbara Kruger show, Thinking of ~~You~~. I Mean Me. I Mean You, which I had previously seen at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021 (and here, and here). While this exhibit was necessarily much smaller than in Chicago it had also been greatly updated and made more use of video and LEDs (see a few shots below, click them to enlarge).

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

Here we see Barbara Kruger using my own technique – they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, though I doubt she’s ever seen my work.

Can You Handle the Truth?

More from the Barbara Kruger exhibit, Thinking of You, I Mean Me, I Mean You.

Kruger and…

Shopping for an Art Experience

Barbara Kruger’s massive retrospective, Thinking of You, I Mean Me, I Mean You, was truly impressive, though I’m not sure if it’s as brilliant as it first seems in the final analysis. It’s a clever commentary on contemporary, surveillance capitalism, social media and much else that ails contemporary society. But, as the pictures above, of people capturing images of it on their phones may suggest, it’s not clear that it’s having the desired effect on viewers.

Click any image to see them all enlarged (on full browsers).