Barbara Kruger

Photographic-montage

Post- Modernism

Form > > Montage : In art, a design made by

sticking one material over another.

Photo-montage : involves photographs being pasted together and overlaid, sometimes mixed with newspaper and magazine cuttings

Application > > Super site billboards

Public posters & advertisements

Objects eg. t-shirts, book covers

TECHNIQUES

Background > black & white photoForeground > Text

‘Boxing text’> white text reads sharply over red box

Varying sizes of text > > Large , bold text commands seek to raise attention!> Small text in contrast defines a quiet ‘voice’.

Cropping photo

Framing > Red frame over black & white image

‘Boxing text’> white text reads sharply over red box

Varying sizes of text > draws attention to individual words

>> JUXTAPOSITION

Colour > choice of red contrasted with black/white

Angles > of text & photo on (Diagonal text)

>> JUXTAPOSITION

Text over photo >Sharp, bright horizontal boxes of text over black & white image

>>FRAGMENTATIONto create impact

Cutting the photo into parts

Letters of words not lined up

>> TYPOGRAPHY

Text type

Bold, Italics

Text sizes

Tracking > spacesbetween groups of letters

>>REPETITIONof motif/subject (people)

>> adding colour...a little bit!