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Why Jenny Holzer Matters…
The primary medium of Holzer’s art is language. I think that it’s the representations of text, the aesthetic of writing, which draws me into JH’s work. I think there is something transformative when… more →
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Why Jenny Holzer Matters...
wrote 1 year ago: The primary medium of Holzer’s art is language. I think that it’s the representations of text, the … more →
Cartoonists support Ali Ferzat
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wrote 1 year ago: A renowned political cartoonist from Syria, Ali Ferzat, was attacked on the way home from work. The … more →
Activist Art: Art That Works
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wrote 2 years ago: 'Save The Bees,' watercolor, 15 x 22, ©2010 Helen R Klebesadel Activist art is, by definit … more →
I <3 Shepherd Fairey
wrote 2 years ago: I came across this great interview with S.F. He discusses the ideology of his street art. Great st … more →
The Yes Men!
wrote 2 years ago: “They have an unusual hobby: posing as top executives of corporations they hate. Armed with no … more →
Surveillance Camera Players
wrote 2 years ago: “Before September 11th, I think people would be very offended to think that they could be tr … more →
Social Technologies and Media Criticism/Activism
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Barbara Kruger
wrote 2 years ago: “Kruger was thoroughly disciplined in the craft of commercial media design, whose graphic tech … more →
PBS Documentary: ART: 21 "PROTEST"
wrote 2 years ago: ART 21: “Protest” Artists engage politics, inequality, and the many conflicts that besie … more →
Jenny Holzer
wrote 2 years ago: Jenny Holzer’s work is described as: “interventions within the electronic apparatus of t … more →
Ian Hamilton Finlay
wrote 2 years ago: Ian Hamilton is a Scottish poet + writer + artist. I am most interested in Finlay’s work as a … more →
ART ATTACK
wrote 2 years ago: The Introduction material from Marc Aronson’s ART ATTACK presents questions that I think are r … more →
Walter Benjamin
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wrote 2 years ago: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction October 8, 2010: I have always been intereste … more →
activist POP art?
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wrote 2 years ago: An article in the October 2010 PRINT magazine caught my attention. The piece, “Mao as Pop Ico … more →
Avante al Futuro!
wrote 2 years ago: Perloff, Marjorie. The Futurist Moment: Avant-Garde, Avant Guerre, and the Language of Rupture. Chi … more →
@Re: Jenny Holzer: Protect Protect
wrote 2 years ago: JENNY HOLZER: PROTECT PROTECT MARCH 12–MAY 31, 2009 “Play-Doh!” I’m yelling into the phone at … more →
Bomit: The Sticker Community
wrote 2 years ago: This is some research I did on sticker graffiti. … more →
