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Culture as a Weapon: Art & Politics

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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.

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Page 1: Political Art

Culture as a Weapon:Art & Politics

Page 2: Political Art

Andy Warhol, Birmingham Race Riots, 1964

Page 3: Political Art

Guy Debord, Psychogeography of Paris, 1957

Page 4: Political Art

Asger Jörn, Top of the World, 1960

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Jamie Reid, Sex Pistols Poster, 1976

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Joseph Beuys, 7000 Oaks Project, 1982

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David Hammons, America the Beautiful, 1968

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Betye Saar, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972

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Leon Golub, Mercenaries I, 1976

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Leon Golub, Interrogation II, 1981

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Robert Colescott, GW Carter Crossing the Delaware, 1975

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Robert Colescott, Eat Dem Taters, 1975

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Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1974-79

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Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1974-79

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Hannah Wilke, SOS Starification Series, 1974

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Hannah Wilke, Intra-Venus, 1990-93

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The Guerilla Girls

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The Guerilla Girls, Advantages, 1985

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The Guerilla Girls, Met Museum, 1986

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Jenny Holzer, Truisms, 1977-79

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Jenny Holzer, Truisms, 1977-79

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Barbara Kruger, I Shop Therefore I Am, 1987

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Barbara Kruger, Your Body is a Battleground, 1987

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David Wojnarowicz, Speechless (Still from “Fire in My Belly”), 1987