BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.

The exhibition at the Art Institute—collaboratively designed with the artist—interrogated the specific cultural context of the museum, as it transcends the traditional exhibition space and extends into the museum’s public spaces and the city beyond. Kruger’s work not only filled the entirety of the museum’s largest exhibition space, the 18,000 square-foot Regenstein Hall, but also occupied Griffin Court—an 8,000-square-foot atrium running the length of the Modern Wing—with new site-specific work. Kruger’s text and images addressed both the architecture and relational spaces throughout the museum—from the windows in the historic Michigan Avenue building and the Modern Wing to various public spaces, some of which will also feature an ambient soundscape. Kruger will additionally engage the surrounding cityscape, creating work for billboards, the Chicago Transit Authority, and Art on the MART, among other locations and organizations.


Read more about the making of this exhibition here

Curated by Robyn Farrell
Time Based Media Exhibition Design by Jason Stec
On view at The Art Institute September 19, 2019–January 24, 2022

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Images and text, courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago

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