lolitabreathe:Barbara Kruger. “In late 2011, her 1985 photo of a ventriloquist’s dummy,U
lolitabreathe:Barbara Kruger. “In late 2011, her 1985 photo of a ventriloquist’s dummy,Untitled (When I Hear the Word Culture I Take Out My Checkbook) (alluding to the phrase "when I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun” in Hanns Johst’s play Schlageter), was sold at Christie’s for a record $902,500.[16]“When I hear the word Anti-Culture I take out my Checkbook or The Recuperation of Detournement. ‘Subversion’ has its own aesthetic and its own exchange value. Kruger’s art works are a consistent commentary on this process of assimilation but that does not prevent their own assimilation. One must be suspicious of any art work lauded by the culture mart. To all aspiring detourners all that can be said is TRY HARDER. -- source link
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