Text and Image is a style and form of art where both visual aspects and text are combined to convey a certain message and or meaning. Usually, text and image is mostly done when artists are stating their own opinions and certain things such as, political, religious, and any views they want to send a message about. Alot of text and image art usually becomes very influential and infamous in scenes such as street art, music, and fashion.
The example of Text and Image art I will be using is Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger is an artist that hails from New Jersey but made an impact on text and image type of art in the New York City and L.A. street art scene along with "Obey Propaganda" artist Shepard Fairey who would continue to make this type of art influential, she started booming during the late 80's and early 90's. Her art consisted of her opinions and commentary on civil rights issues such as Feminism, one of her most infamous pieces of art "Your Body Is A Battleground"(1989) is about women's reproductive rights and was used during protests and became known for being part of the beginning of post-modern activist art, Which many artists would come to be a part of.
Examples of Barbara Krugers art pieces:
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