Contemporary Issue in Barbara Kruger’s Artwork 'Your Body is a Battleground'

Please consider the broad range of artists working in the 1980s and look at some investigating an eclectic or unusual vision. An artist such as Nancy Grossman worked within the context of other artists (for her, Richard Lindner, Anita Siegel, Diane Arbus, and David Smith) but is usually seen as having worked independently and outside the conventional way avant-garde is defined. David Smith is often considered one of the most important Abstract Expressionist sculptors. But Grossman gets little attention by comparison. Select an artist who is viewed in this way from the 1980s, someone who exhibited art at a major metropolitan art museum. Discuss how this artist works distinct from others making art while highlighting its connection to the era's main stylistic or visual features.
Please select a specific example of art and consider it in detail.