Twelve, a new video installation by Barbara Kruger, will open this fall at MCASD Downtown. The installation addresses the themes of power, society, culture, family, and relationships that have been integral to Kruger's work since the late 1970s. Projected individually onto the four walls of the Copley Gallery, actors in twelve ensembles carry on conversations across the space. In conversations scripted by Kruger, the actors speak in mundane settings that become the flash point for suppressed
emotions.

Kruger is the 2005 recipient of the prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award from the Venice Biennale. She is a Professor of Visual Arts at the University of California San Diego.