"Political Unrest" Exhibition
Figureworks
This event has ended.
This past January, Figureworks presented She Works Hard for the Money, an exhibition that showcased sex and prostitution in Amsterdam's De Wallen district. Following in March, Missionary Fantasy opened to address religious hypocrasy. Continuing with another taboo subject for polite conversation is Political Unrest.
Political Unrest is a group exhibition of works on paper addressing various aspects of our society in political uphevel. Pictured above is The Boston Tea Party by Joseph Hirsch. This lithograph was commissioned for the 1975 Kent Bicentennial - Spirit of Independence Portfolio. This piece commemorates one of our countries earliest uprising and has been capitalized on again in these last few years. Another piece from this portfolio by Colleen Browning depicts the diversity of our nation with face-to-face American portraits in the semblance of an American flag.
William Gropper, an artist having lived through the Great Depression, devoted most of his career exposing government ineffectiveness and social injustice, including the violent unionization of the labor movement. The New Bill is one in a number of works in this exhibit that showcase the combined passion and apathy of our government officials. Additionally, WPA artists Jack Levine and wife Ruth Gikow focused a great deal of their work on human rights issues, including the 1960s civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests. In 1968, Levine was commissioned by Time magazine to cover the National Democratic Convention in Chicago. On the Convention Floor is a study which highlights a cross section of delegates. Gikow's Protest, portraits a 1960s sit-in that remains an effective tool for change.
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Schedule
from May 13, 2011 to July 31, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-05-13 from 18:00 to 21:00