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Sprüth Magers

Private Collection (Kruger, London)
Sprueth Magers

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Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Your body is a battleground), 1989/2019, single-channel video on LED panel, sound, 1 min., 4 sec.; Edition of 1, 1 of 1 AP, Gift of the Collectors Committee and Gift of Funds from Janet Benton, Mrs. Denise Saul and The Honorable Andrew M. Saul, Patricia Alford President, Catherine and Michael Podell, Peter Shields and Ace Werner, Kyle and Sharon Krause, Denise Gwyn Ferguson, Catherine Blanton Freedberg, Anonymous in honor of Donald A. Feldman, Kaywin Feldman, Anouk Dey and Cameron Tudhope, Prince Charitable Trusts, Mary Anne Goley, and Mr. Robert C. Rea, Courtesy the artist, David Zwirner, and Sprüth Magers, 2026.6.1

Untitled (Your body is a battleground)

Barbara Kruger · 1989/2019 · single-channel video on LED panel, sound, 1 min., 4 sec.; Edition of 1, 1 of 1 AP ·  Accession ID  2026.6.1

A grainy black and white photograph showing a close-up of a woman’s profile is overlaid with three horizontal red bands with white text at the top, center, and bottom edges of this horizontal composition. The woman seems to lie down and look up at a metal instrument, perhaps a piece of medical equipment, with a long, eye-dropper-like tube extending close to her face. Her cheeks and profile appear between the central and bottom bands of text. Lit from our left, she has dark eyebrows and eyelashes, a straight nose, and her lips are closed. She seems to have pale skin and her hair is covered by a fold of fabric, perhaps a hat. The eye we see is open and the metal instrument points to the bridge of her nose, seeming to close in on her right eye. Light colored fabric behind her could be the uniform of a person standing opposite us. The red bands have white lettering saying, “Know nothing” across the top; “Believe anything” across the center; and “Forget everything” across the bottom.
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Know nothing, Believe anything, Forget everything), 1987/2014, digital print on vinyl, Gift of the Collectors Committee, Sharon and John D. Rockefeller IV, Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Denise and Andrew Saul, Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund, Agnes Gund, and Michelle Smith, 2014.38.1

Untitled (Know nothing, Believe anything, Forget everything)

Barbara Kruger · 1987/2014 · digital print on vinyl ·  Accession ID  2014.38.1

The image shows a plastic surface with a small potato and food debris on it. The colors include browns from the potato and peelings, green from the withered leaves, and a translucent effect from the plastic surface. The potato is in the lower left area with peelings, while the leaves are in the middle and upper right. The plastic is on top of a red background.
Keith Arnatt, Pictures from a Rubbish Tip, 1988–1989, chromogenic print, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2019.155.1

Pictures from a Rubbish Tip

Keith Arnatt · 1988–1989 · chromogenic print ·  Accession ID  2019.155.1

Thomas Demand, Presidency, 2008, 5 chromogenic prints, Gift from Agnes Gund and Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, 2009.51.1.a-e

Presidency

Thomas Demand · 2008 · 5 chromogenic prints ·  Accession ID  2009.51.1.a-e

The image shows a crumpled, translucent fabric or plastic material with a few small pieces of brown, rough-textured debris lying on top. The color palette includes pale browns, beiges, and hints of pink amidst the mostly transparent and light background.
Keith Arnatt, Pictures from a Rubbish Tip, 1988–1989, chromogenic print, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2019.155.2

Pictures from a Rubbish Tip

Keith Arnatt · 1988–1989 · chromogenic print ·  Accession ID  2019.155.2