Ep. 64 - Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Your Body is a Battleground)" (1989)

In April 1989, Barbara Kruger - an artist, activist, and former
magazine layout editor - created a flyer for a pro-choice women’s
march in Washington, DC to protest the Supreme Court’s potential
overturning of Roe vs. Wade. But this flyer was never meant to be a
picket sign. Instead, it has become a timeless artwork all its own:
directly addressing any viewer from any era, demanding they
confront their own politics, and drawing the battle lines between
all the external - and internal - tensions that exist not only
within the parameters of the abortion debate, but within women
themselves. See the images: https://bit.ly/45wNrSb Music used:
Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger” The Blue Dot Sessions, “Thread
Indigo,” “Monder,” “Tall Journey,” “Stephi,” “Morning Glare” Helen
Reddy, “I Am Woman” (performed at the Mobilize for Women's Lives
Rally in Washington in 1989) Support the show:
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