LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005
Giardini - Italian Pavilion: The Experience of Art - Power - Money - and phrases like "You make history when you do business" are tattooed on the entrance to the Italian Pavilion. Golden Lion prize for Lifetime Achievement Barbara Kruger's -*****untitled (facade) 2005 - is a protest against western power. She is the only recipient of the 5 Golden Lion prizes I liked and agree with. Since the 1970's her slogans, which are easily regonizable like " I shop therefore I am" questions the viewer about feminism, classicism, consumerism, and individual autonomy and desire.

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