political art
DESCRIPTION
We discuss the flurry of political and activist activity related to the art world from 1960 through the seventies and eighties. Examples includes the Feminist and Black Power movements as well as the more philosophical actions of the Situationists.TRANSCRIPT
Culture as a Weapon:Art & Politics
Andy Warhol, Birmingham Race Riots, 1964
Guy Debord, Psychogeography of Paris, 1957
Asger Jörn, Top of the World, 1960
Jamie Reid, Sex Pistols Poster, 1976
Joseph Beuys, 7000 Oaks Project, 1982
David Hammons, America the Beautiful, 1968
Betye Saar, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972
Leon Golub, Mercenaries I, 1976
Leon Golub, Interrogation II, 1981
Robert Colescott, GW Carter Crossing the Delaware, 1975
Robert Colescott, Eat Dem Taters, 1975
Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1974-79
Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1974-79
Hannah Wilke, SOS Starification Series, 1974
Hannah Wilke, Intra-Venus, 1990-93
The Guerilla Girls
The Guerilla Girls, Advantages, 1985
The Guerilla Girls, Met Museum, 1986
Jenny Holzer, Truisms, 1977-79
Jenny Holzer, Truisms, 1977-79
Barbara Kruger, I Shop Therefore I Am, 1987
Barbara Kruger, Your Body is a Battleground, 1987
David Wojnarowicz, Speechless (Still from “Fire in My Belly”), 1987