Category: Political Art
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Celebrate People’s History at the Durland Alternatives Library!
“Celebrate People’s History – a visual journey through social movements past and present” at the Durland Alternatives Library on the campus of Cornell University! If you are in Ithica come check it out! More info here…
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Brandon Bauer in the Up and Close Documentary
Brandon Bauer discussing his Euromissiles Crisis portfolio suite in the documentary “Up and Close – Their Art. Their Stories.” The documentary features four artists from Wisconsin discussing their work, inspirations, motivations, and techniques. Up and Close was directed by Zachary Kidder and produced in association with the Frank Juarez Gallery (2013).
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A Call To Halt – Justseeds Re-post
Here is a re-post of a post on the Justseeds site about the “Call To Halt” exhibition- Enjoy! To see the Justseeds post click here. /////// A Call To Halt: A multimedia installation and critical timeline of the Euromissiles Crisis, and of the nuclear abolition movement in the United States from 1977-1987 is a new…
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A Call To Halt – Opening Soon!
My exhibition “A Call To Halt” will be opening soon at the Frank Juarez Gallery!
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To Share – Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles
To Share – A Statement The piece “To Share” considers the ethical implications of the act of sharing between the real and the virtual world. The ease of replication and transfer in digital forms creates a crisis within the culture of ownership. This ethical confrontation has existed in the notions of the public and private…
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New Project – Living With The Bomb
I have begun working on a new project titled “Living With The Bomb”. It is a project exploring nuclear proliferation, nuclear disarmament, and peoples movements for the abolition of nuclear weapons. I have began a few associated sites related to the exploration and development of the work. There is a wordpress site relating to research…
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Remembering Who We Are
To mark the closing day of the “Posters of Inspirational European Women: Taken from the zine Shape & Situate” exhibition, Space Station Sixty Five in London hosted a collection of resources from other sociopolitical art, poster, zine and publication projects for everyone to explore. Inspirational work featured, displayed, exhibited and screened included projects such as:…
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Guns vs. Butter
Some of my work is included in this great show in Pittsburgh at Future Tenant- details below… [Text From Justseeds Website] Guns vs. Butter is an exhibition of anti-war graphics, bringing together the contemporary print work of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative alongside posters from the historical collection housed in the Interference Archive. The exhibition contextualizes…
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It’s Not A Crisis – It’s A Scam (GIF)
Click image to view. Here is a .gif for F.A.T. Lab’s enlistment call. I used Josh MacPhee’s graphic arrows from the great occupy graphic work he has been producing!
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We Are Wisconsin!
A new book is out “We Are Wisconsin: The Wisconsin uprising in the words of the activists, writers, and everyday Wisconsinites who made it happen” edited by Erica Sagrans, a writer, activist, and organizer who has worked for Nancy Pelosi and Organizing for America. From the Kickstarter description: In February of 2011, the people of…
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Celebrate People’s History exhibition at Justseeds in Pittsburgh
Friday, May 6th Celebrate People’s History exhibition at Justseeds and film showing. They will be exhibiting all 69 printed posters from the Celebrate People’s History poster series, curated by Josh MacPhee since 1998. There will also be a screening of As Still As Horses, a short film by local filmmaker Israel Vasquez (with a short…
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Celebrate People’s History in Milwaukee!
Celebrate People’s History Art Show and Book Release party Friday April 22 6-9pm Astrix Gallery (524 W National, Milwaukee) Come see an exhibition of posters from Josh MacPhee’s Celebrate People’s History Poster Project. Over 40 posters celebrating a range of topics including Act Up, Womens Resistance in Oaxaca, Judi Bari, Crass, Malcolm X, The Occupation…
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Where is Ai Weiwei?
Ai Weiwei in Tiananmen Square in 2009 (the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre) On January 11, 2011 the studios of Ai Weiwei were demolished by the Chinese government. He was arrested April 3, 2011 and has not been heard from since. Here is an excerpt from a recent article in the Global Post:…
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Posters in Support of Wisconsin Workers
Justseeds has been putting out some great downloadable copyright free images about Wisconsin Labor Protests. I have made a few myself and have included them here. Feel free to use these images for posters, signs, flyers, patches, etc… Here are some links to the Justseeds work- all of the downloadable graphics produced so far can…
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Celebrate People’s History in Toronto!
Toronto Free Gallery and Groundswell present Celebrate People’s History! The full collection of CPH Posters will be on display at Toronto Free Gallery from February 10 – March 19, 2011. The opening will be held on Thursday, February 10th at 7:00PM. Toronto Free Gallery 1277 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M4E 2J8 Tel: 416.913.0461 Hours…
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Crass ‘People’s History’ Poster now Available!
My Celebrate People’s History Poster about Crass is hot off the presses and now available through Justseeds! Crass (1977-1984) was a group of artists, activists, writers, filmmakers, and musicians that banded together using punk as a resistant cultural form for the promotion of anarchism as a political ideology—a way of living as a resistance movement.…
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Two Celebrate People’s History Events!
Philly and Oakland! Here is the info: Celebrate People’s History exhibition in Oakland – Poster Exhibition & Book Release Party La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705 USA 510-849-2568 www.lapena.org CPH Book Launch and Exhibition in Philly! Opening: Friday, January 7, 7:00pm – 10:00pm Studio 34 Yoga Healing Arts 4522 Baltimore Ave…
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Celebrate People’s History!
The Celebrate People’s History book has just been released by the Feminist Press! Josh MacPhee will be on hand to do a big book release event and party in Chicago on Thursday Nov. 11th at Quimbys in Chicago. Here’s the details: Thursday November 11th, 7:00pm Quimby’s Bookstore 1854 W. North Ave Chicago, IL 60622 773-342-0910
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Paper Politics at the WCI Arts Center
West Central Illinois Arts Center is excited to announce the opening of Paper Politics a major exhibition of politically and socially engaged printmaking. Paper Politics can be seen at the WCI Arts Center Gallery March 6 through April 3. The WCI Arts Center is located at 25 East Side Square in Macomb, Illinois. The Gallery…
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Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today
I am a featured artist in the new book Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today that has just been released by PM Press. Here is the description of the book from the PM Press website: Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today is a major collection of contemporary politically and socially engaged printmaking. This full color…
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