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# Totally Uncool Jokers: Barbara Kruger's Conceptual Comeback to Supreme Lawsuit
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/totally-uncool-jokers-barbara-krugers-conceptual-comeback-to-supreme-lawsuit/
- Published: 2013-05-02T22:09:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:35:22.000Z
- Description: Earlier this month, Complex covered Supreme's hitting Leah McSweeney of clothing line Married to the MOB with a $10 million lawsuit for copyright infringement, as McSweeney did a parody of the streetwear label's logo as "Supreme Bitch." Rightly, Complex wondered what the conceptual artist who inspir
- Author: Allison Meier
- Tags: News, Barbara Kruger, Copyright, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:59 (2012, 2013, part 2)

Earlier this month, *Complex* [covered](http://www.complex.com/style/2013/05/supreme-court-the-12-greatest-moments-of-supremes-legal-battle-with-leah-mcsweeney/?ref=hyperallergic.com) Supreme’s hitting Leah McSweeney of clothing line [Married to the MOB](http://mttmnyc.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) with a $10 million lawsuit for copyright infringement, as McSweeney did a parody of the streetwear label’s [logo ](http://www.strapbackhatscaps.com/images/t-shirts/supreme-t-shirt-logo-white.jpg?ref=hyperallergic.com)as “Supreme Bitch.” Rightly, Complex wondered what the conceptual artist who inspired the logo in the first place thought about it, namely [Barbara Kruger](http://www.barbarakruger.com/art.shtml?ref=hyperallergic.com) with her red and white sans serif text work. She’s long been quiet about it, but yesterday she delivered this [response](http://www.complex.com/art-design/2013/05/barbara-kruger-responds-to-supremes-lawsuit-a-ridiculous-clusterfk-of-totally-uncool-jokers?ref=hyperallergic.com) in a blank email to Complex’s request for comment on the lawsuit and all of the appropriation.

![Barbara Kruger's response to Complex (via Complex.com)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/05/barbarakruger2013.jpg)

Barbara Kruger’s response to Complex (via Complex.com)

fools.doc indeed. And a pretty awesome update of her 1984 screen print:

![Barbara Kruger, "Don't Be a Jerk" (1984), screenprint (via Sprueth Magers)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/05/dontbeajerkkruger.jpg)

Barbara Kruger, “Don’t Be a Jerk” (1984), screenprint (via Sprueth Magers)