"Untitled (Your gaze hits the side of my face)"

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"Untitled (Your gaze hits the side of my face)" is a seminal 1981 photomontage by conceptual artist Barbara Kruger that combines a black-and-white image with bold text to critique the male gaze and power dynamics in visual culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conceptual artwork
photomontage artwork
artisticStyle appropriation of found imagery
bold sans-serif typography
graphic design aesthetics
copyrightHolder Barbara Kruger NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Barbara Kruger NERFINISHED
depicts fragmented female head
woman’s face in profile
genre photomontage
text-based art
hasFormat photographic reproduction
poster
print
hasText "Your gaze hits the side of my face"
hasTitle Untitled (Your gaze hits the side of my face) NERFINISHED
hasWorkType feminist artwork
fine art print
political art
inception 1981
influencedBy advertising imagery
feminist theory
media critique
language English
mainSubject female figure
medium black-and-white photograph with overlaid text
offset lithography
photographic print
photomontage
movement conceptual art
feminist art
notableFor critical examination of the male gaze
influence on later feminist visual culture
seminal status in feminist art
use of advertising-like visual language
partOf Barbara Kruger’s early 1980s series
Barbara Kruger’s text-and-image works
theme critique of mass media
gender and representation
male gaze
objectification of women
power dynamics in visual culture
surveillance and looking
usesColor black and white
red

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Barbara Kruger hasNotableWork "Untitled (Your gaze hits the side of my face)"