Surveillance is your busywork

Barbara Kruger

Unused subway placard poster for a project on US public transport in the 1980s. Kruger first released her ‘Surveillance’ image in 1983, it has appeared in two versions, both ‘Surveillance is your busywork’ and ‘Surveillance is their busywork’. The design has appeared in a variety of formats including billboards, as well as bus and subway placards.

Artist
Barbara Kruger (b.1945)
Title
Surveillance is your busywork
Medium
Original subway poster on card
Date
c.1984
Size
11 x 28 in : 28.0 x 71.3 cm
Frame Size
14 ¼ x 31 in : 36.0 x 79.0 cm
Literature
Wye, Deborah, ‘Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980-95’
Reference
A19-30
Status
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