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Barbara Kruger

Surveillance Is Your Busywork, 1980
Original subway poster, lithograph on wove paper
28 x 71.3 cm
108311
£ 2,250.00
Barbara Kruger, Surveillance Is Your Busywork, 1980
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Original subway poster, c. 1980, on wove paper, unsigned as issued, 28 x 71.3 cm. 'Surveillance Is Your Busywork' is an unused subway lithograph placard, produced in the early 80s...
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Original subway poster, c. 1980, on wove paper, unsigned as issued, 28 x 71.3 cm.

'Surveillance Is Your Busywork' is an unused subway lithograph placard, produced in the early 80s by Kruger for New York City’s Metro Transit Authority. Never before used, the piece is an unusual intact example of Kruger’s early ‘paste up’ works. 'Surveillance Is Your Busywork' is a characteristic example of Kruger's work, displaying her collage style that sees black and white images appropriated from billboards and magazines, overlaid with captions in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed text.
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