Curated Group
Art of Dissent
Curated by Grace VanderVliet
Group Details:
Art of Dissent Topics:
- Identity and Self-Expression: How do artists challenge or embrace identity? Whose perspectives are visible, and whose are left out?
- Social Justice & Inequality: How can art raise awareness of injustice? Is all political art effective?
- Freedom of Speech: Shoudl there be limits to artistic expression? Who decides what’s acceptable?
- Environmental: How can artists use creative methods to address environmental issues?
- Power, Authority, & Protest: How does technology influence truth and perception in art?
- Technology, Truth, and Misinformation: How does technology influence truth and perception in art?
- Belonging, Exclusion, and Community: How can art create belonging? How does it reveal exclusion?
1962; printed 2010
Danny Lyon
gelatin silver print on paper
2017
Sonya Clark
digital file template to be painted directly on wall, made up of Sherwin Williams paint colors: Incredible White, Storyteller, Natural Choice
1991
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
40-watt light bulbs, extension cords, porcelain light sockets