Your Body is a Battleground
Poster
1991 (published)
1991 (published)
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This poster was first designed by Barbara Kruger to promote a ‘Pro-Choice’ march on Washington, DC, in 1989 supporting legal abortion, birth control and women’s rights. It has subsequently been reproduced in various languages. This Polish edition was issued in 1991.
Kruger’s work is characterised by bold red-and-white typographic script, as used on tabloid newspapers, combined with photographic imagery.
Kruger’s work is characterised by bold red-and-white typographic script, as used on tabloid newspapers, combined with photographic imagery.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Screen print |
| Brief description | Poster by Barbara Kruger 'Twoje Cialo To Pole Walki [Your Body is A Battleground]', Polish language edition of a poster first produced in the USA in 1989, lithograph, 1991 |
| Physical description | Portrait format poster printed in red and black. A woman's face divided vertically down the middle. The left side printed as a normal photographic image, the right side printed as negative. The main caption, in red and white, is divided into two parts and printed across the top and near the lower margin, with three smaller captions on small red bands between them. |
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| Credit line | Given by David Crowley |
| Production | This poster was produced first in the USA but then reproduced in several other countries with appropriate translations of the caption |
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| Summary | This poster was first designed by Barbara Kruger to promote a ‘Pro-Choice’ march on Washington, DC, in 1989 supporting legal abortion, birth control and women’s rights. It has subsequently been reproduced in various languages. This Polish edition was issued in 1991. Kruger’s work is characterised by bold red-and-white typographic script, as used on tabloid newspapers, combined with photographic imagery. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997 |
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| Accession number | E.2217-1997 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2003 |
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