Since the tribal age, men have always been associated with going to war and conflict. The masculine identity, inherit and genetically, is one of power and violence. In recent decades this has changed. No longer are women the sole housekeepers, and no longer are men the sole soldiers. With the rise of gay and metrosexual identities, what it means to be 'male' is much more open to interpretation. Kruger identifies strongly with the feminist movement and uses her art to point out the follies of man. In this case it is the blind rush to apocalypse we seem to cater to. She's challenging the commonly accepted paradigm of manliness. The urge to fight and kill one, another.
I love her work!
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Could you be more specific? In broad terms, you're right, but how exactly do these images challenge identity? Where do we see her ideas on female domesticity?
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