In Recent Art, Text Has Established a Major Place in Visual Art Practice. Analyse Two Examples of How Artists Use and/or Present Text as (or in) Their Work and Explore the Wider Contexts That You Consider Relevant.
In recent art, text has established a major place in visual art practice. Analyse two examples of how artists use and/or present text as (or in) their work and explore the wider contexts that you consider relevant.
This essay will discus the works of graphic artist Barbara Kruger and photographer Keith Arnatt. I will explore a brief background of each of the artists, relating to their practice, various examples of their work and elaborate on two specific pieces. The works in question are Kruger’s Your Body is a Battleground and Arnatt’s Notes from Jo. I will make comparisons between the two artists and consider what’s appealing about text as a visual communication in art.
Barbara Kruger studied at Syracuse University, the School of Visual Arts, and later studied at Parson’s School of Design under Diane Arbus and Marvin Israel in New York.[1] This led her to secure a job at Condé Nast Publications, working for Mademoiselle Magazine.[2] Within a year at this publication she was promoted to head designer. Following this the artist has worked as an art director, graphic designer and a picture editor at House and Garden and various other publications.[3] This background in graphic design throughout her education and work experience has had an influential impact on her art.
The artists works’ are usually made up of old black and white images taken from various media sources such as old photographic annuals, instruction manuals and magazines.[4] She then edits them by cropping, enlarging or juxtaposing the images and overlays them with statements or phrases of bold text set in red enamelled frames.[5] Her images are taken from conventional magazines that sell the exact ideas she is disputing.
The text and phrases used in her work often impose subjects to the viewer about feminism, consumerism, power and desire.[6]
“The planarity of the imagery simulates the two-dimensionality of printed media, while their sharp fore-grounding has an
This essay will discus the works of graphic artist Barbara Kruger and photographer Keith Arnatt. I will explore a brief background of each of the artists, relating to their practice, various examples of their work and elaborate on two specific pieces. The works in question are Kruger’s Your Body is a Battleground and Arnatt’s Notes from Jo. I will make comparisons between the two artists and consider what’s appealing about text as a visual communication in art.
Barbara Kruger studied at Syracuse University, the School of Visual Arts, and later studied at Parson’s School of Design under Diane Arbus and Marvin Israel in New York.[1] This led her to secure a job at Condé Nast Publications, working for Mademoiselle Magazine.[2] Within a year at this publication she was promoted to head designer. Following this the artist has worked as an art director, graphic designer and a picture editor at House and Garden and various other publications.[3] This background in graphic design throughout her education and work experience has had an influential impact on her art.
The artists works’ are usually made up of old black and white images taken from various media sources such as old photographic annuals, instruction manuals and magazines.[4] She then edits them by cropping, enlarging or juxtaposing the images and overlays them with statements or phrases of bold text set in red enamelled frames.[5] Her images are taken from conventional magazines that sell the exact ideas she is disputing.
The text and phrases used in her work often impose subjects to the viewer about feminism, consumerism, power and desire.[6]
“The planarity of the imagery simulates the two-dimensionality of printed media, while their sharp fore-grounding has an
Bibliography: 1. Grafik Clare and Hurn David, I’m a real photographer: Keith Arnatt 1974-2002 (Chris Boot, The Photographers Gallery, 2007) 2 [31] David Hurn and Clare Grafik, I’m a real photographer: Keith Arnatt 1974-2002 (Chris Boot, The P5hotographers Gallery, 2007) p.52. [32] http://www.photonet.org.uk/index.php?pxid=805 [33] David Hurn and Clare Grafik, I’m a real photographer: Keith Arnatt 1974-2002 (Chris Boot, The Photographers Gallery, 2007) p.18 [36] http://www.richardsaltoun.com/keith-arnatt-biography/ [37] David Hurn and Clare Grafik, I’m a real photographer: Keith Arnatt 1974-2002 (Chris Boot, The Photographers Gallery, 2007) p.110.