Barbara Kruger
Belief+Doubt [2012- 2014]
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC [link]
“Money makes money.”
“Believe anything forever.”
Kruger has taken these mantras to heart, as evidenced by the same didactic, graphic text art that she has produced since the 1980’s. Her Hirshhorn installation creatively utilizes the architectural space, showcasing the escalators and gift shop. “We don’t need another hero,” but is it too much to ask that a feminist hero grow as an artist? The exhibit fails to do anything except replicate mundane mantras ever larger, screaming for attention. It leaves one ironically wondering if Kruger heeds her own advice and gives her “brains as much attention as [her] hair.”
~ Colette Copeland
photos by Cathy Carver and Colette Copeland
