Protest Art Discussion

Discussion, Protest Art. Post due Replies
For this discussion, we’re going to look at protest art, IN and OUT of the traditional gallery environment.

Gallery Artists:
KARA WALKER
Kara Walker at the MAC: 24 Jan – 27 Apr 2014. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Using the simple black silhouettes inlarge scale on a white gallery wall, Walker utilizes historicallyinspired stylized figure to create visual narratives that exploreAmerica’s past (and present) relationship with African culture, slavery,and the romanticized nostalgia of “Southern” culture. Her images are biting, and controversial, and it is this very reason that she makes this work.
ROBERT MOTHERWELLRobert Motherwell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 57 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Robert Motherwell was an artist thatworked in the nonrepresentational styles called Abstract Expressionist.Even though his paintings lacked clear objective iconography, hispainting’s subject matter focused on the Spanish Civil War, specificallythe authoritarian dominance of the Franco regime. Since these works arenon-representational, they require some contextual research of the workin order to fully understand the meaning.
Out of the Gallery Artists:
JR http://www.jr-art.net (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Using massive scale photography of theeveryday underrepresented segment of society, JR’s work addressespoverty, politics and gender. Bringing social awareness to the public,JR’s work predominantly exists in the public space.
Recent work: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/arts/design/jr-artist-mexico-border-wall.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
GUERRILLA GIRLS (image 12.1) https://www.guerrillagirls.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Since the early 1980’s this anonymousart collaborative has been educating the public, utilizing the visuallanguage of advertising, with their posters and billboards. Theirmessages inform us about the gender inequities in the art world. Throughtheir efforts the public are informed of the lack of equal pay forwomen, the lack of women artists in museum collections (despite theover-representation of a nude woman’s body as subject matter), and manyother true social inequities experienced by women.
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Part 1: Answer all of the following general questions for two artists; one Gallery artist and one Outside of the Gallery artist:
Who is the audience for the artworks in this chapter, everyone or a select few? Please describe in detail.
How is the artwork’s audience (us,those who see them) relevant to the work? Is there a relationshipbetween audience and content?
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Part 2: Now that you’velearned about these artists, chose the one artist whose work resonatedwith you the most personally. Find a specific artwork (and imbed it inthe discussion) that you feel best represents this message. Include theartist, title, size, and location.
Answer the following:
Artwork embedded, artist, title, size, location.
What is the message/goal of the art? Be specific.
How effectively does the artwork communicate it message? Providespecific examples in you answer. Does the range (the number of viewers)of audience affect this?
Do you think the artist’s success in the artwork is directlyrelated to the size of the audience that see it, since it is aboutprotest? Be specific.

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