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Barbara Kruger
Oct. 17, 1999-Feb. 13, 2000
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Barbara Kruger , curated by Ann Goldstein, was the first retrospective exhibition to provide a comprehensive overview of the artist's career. Presenting works from 1978 to the present, the exhibition included photographic prints on paper and vinyl, lenticular images, etched metal plates, audio works, videos, installations, sculpture, sign-painted texts, and billboards. The museum worked closely with the artist in developing this exhibition, which included three new interior billboards designed specifically for the Geffen Contemporary. The exhibition traveled to the Whitney Museum of American Art, Jul. 13-Oct. 22, 2000.
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Barbara Kruger, 1995-2001
Box 146
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Folder 20
Project description
6 items
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Folder 21
Checklist,
Oct. 1997-Mar.1999 6 items
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Folder 22
Budget
Includes expense reports and invoices.
53 items
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Folder 23
Funding
Includes correspondence with potential funders and one photocopy of a typed and signed letter from the artist recommending possible resources.
58 items
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Folder 24
Legal,
Feb. 2000-Oct. 2001 Includes correspondence and legal documents relating to a complaint filed by Thomas Hoepker against the artist, MOCA, the Whitney, as well as several others, for copyright and privacy infringement for using one of his pictures without his permission. Also includes requests to use reproductions of the artist's works in a film and on a book cover.
22 items
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Folder 25
General correspondence,
Feb. 1995-Dec. 2001 Includes correspondence relating to the development of the exhibition, faxes and e-mails to the artist, as well as correspondence with Mary Boone Gallery.
94 items
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Folder 26
Loan agreements-Barbara Kruger
Includes photocopies of loan forms signed by the artist.
10 items
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Folder 27-77
Loan agreements and correspondence
6 inches
Box 147
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Folder 1
Lender research
Includes inventories of the artist's works at Mary Boone Gallery as well as in private collections.
12 items
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Folder 2
Lender search correspondence-Christie's
6 items
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Folder 3
Lender search correspondence-Sotheby's
24 items
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Folder 4
Lender search correspondence-miscellaneous
16 items
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Folder 5
Unsolicited loan offers
7 items
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Folder 6
Catalog-correspondence,
Jan. 1997-May 2000 23 items
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Folder 7
Catalog-essays
8 items
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Folder 8
Catalog-chronology and bibliography
6 items
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Folder 9
Catalog-miscellaneous
17 items
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Folder 10
Gallery guide
4 items
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Folder 11
Correspondence,
Dec. 1997-Oct. 1999 16 items
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Folder 12
Schedules and didactics
20 items
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Folder 13
Layout
Includes one faxed floorplan from the artist with her notations.
48 items
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Folder 14
Mock-ups of artworks
84 items
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Folder 15
Indoor billboards
Includes installation plans for four walls of the exhibition space that were covered with interior billboards.
18 items
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Folder 16
Outdoor billboards
Includes materials related to the production and display of fifteen 30-sheet billboards designed for the exhibition by the artist. Also includes a map of the Los Angeles area marked with the location of each billboard.
15 items
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Folder 17
Video billboard
Includes correspondence related to displaying five short video works that were played on a 450 square-foot LED screen at Sunset View Plaza during the exhibition.
10 items
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Folder 18
Wild postings
Includes one English and one Spanish version of the poster designed by the artist, 1,500 (half in English, half in Spanish) of which were "wild-posted" in 107 locations throughout the Los Angeles area.
14 items
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Folder 19
Photography
20 items
Installation
Files include installation instructions and mockups.
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Folder 20
Exhibition attendance and sales
10 items
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Folder 21
Opening events
31 items
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Folder 22
Press release and media outreach
28 items
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Folder 23
Media coverage
46 items
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Folder 24
Press packet sent to lenders and donors
25 items
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Folder 25
Marketing and merchandising
19 items
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Folder 26
Education programs
13 items
Box 148
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Folder 1
Notes and research materials
Includes notes taken by Goldstein during several conversations with the artist. Also includes a photocopy of a letter sent by the artist to John Darnton of the New York Times regarding a negative review of the artist as a person.
31 items
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Folder 2
Research images
85 items
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Folder 3
Exhibition agreement
2 items
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Folder 4
Correspondence
77 items
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Folder 5
Installation
Includes schedules, revised checklists, budgets, and floorplans.
31 items
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Folder 6
Press release and outreach
19 items
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Folder 7
Media coverage
28 items
Whitney
Files include correspondence with the museum.
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Folder 8-9
Tour solicitation,
Feb. 1996-Dec. 2000 110 items
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Folder 10
MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts,
2001 Includes one e-mail from the artist regarding what image to use for the award invitation.
14 items