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Barbara Kruger - No Comment

29/11/2024 21/04/2025

Jyllands-Posten

Location

Level 1

Price

Free with annual pass or after paying admission

About the exhibition

The scene is set with the first major survey in Scandinavia of the American artist Barbara Kruger. For over 40 years, Kruger’s astute observations of society have reflected, and critically examined, our contemporary condition.

By skillfully harnessing the seductive power of pictures and words, Kruger combines images drawn from mass-media with concise, authoritative language to question social and power relations.

Titled No Comment, the exhibition showcases Kruger’s iconic early works, alongside recent vinyl wall and floor installations, LED, video, and sound works. The exhibition on Level 1 will occupy the central atrium where a new site-specific commission running the full height of the museum – 30 metres – will be unveiled. 

Additionally, in unexpected places such as ARoS Butik and ARoS’ restrooms sound pieces will be installed as interventions. The exhibition follows you into the public realm through a unique collaboration with Aarhus Lightrail for the duration of the exhibition.

Get ready to be challenged. Barbara Kruger – No Comment. Curated by Ellen Drude Skeel Langvold.

Reviews

The exhibition everyone should see right now

Jyllands-Posten

Art legend Barbara Kruger speaks with capital letters

CULTUREInformation

Barbara Kruger opens our eyes to other realities

Kristeligt Dagsblad

Extremely relevant

Politics

The best contemporary art exhibition in a long time

More information

A highly topical and spectacular universe

Art magazine

Kruger seduces us with all its might. Like going from one hard-hitting magazine cover to the next

Weekendavisen

Barbara Kruger is one of the defining voices in American culture

The art newspaper

It's way too much. That's exactly right.

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