"Your body is a battleground"
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"Your body is a battleground" is a 1989 feminist conceptual artwork by Barbara Kruger that juxtaposes bold text with a fragmented female face to critique media representations of women and issues of reproductive rights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Your body is a battleground" canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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feminist artwork ⓘ photomontage ⓘ |
| colorScheme | black white and red ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Barbara Kruger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
divided female visage
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female face ⓘ fragmented face ⓘ |
| exhibitedIn | art museums and galleries internationally ⓘ |
| genre | political art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
contemporary feminist graphic design
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political poster art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central text field
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left positive photographic half ⓘ right negative photographic half ⓘ |
| inception | 1989 ⓘ |
| inscription | "Your body is a battleground" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedMeaning |
assertion of bodily autonomy
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challenge to patriarchal visual culture ⓘ critique of media objectification of women ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
female body
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feminism ⓘ gender politics ⓘ media representation of women ⓘ reproductive rights ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| medium |
offset poster
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photographic silkscreen ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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feminist art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appropriation of advertising aesthetics
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direct address to the viewer ⓘ iconic status in feminist visual culture ⓘ juxtaposition of image and text ⓘ |
| partOf | Barbara Kruger's text-and-image works ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
abortion rights debates in the United States
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reproductive freedom activism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
feminist protest posters
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pro-choice demonstrations ⓘ |
| uses |
appropriated photographic imagery
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black-and-white photographic image ⓘ bold text ⓘ graphic design strategies ⓘ red text blocks ⓘ |
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