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The artivist (artist + activist) uses their artistic talents to fight and struggle against injustice and oppression—by any medium necessary. The artivist merges commitment to freedom and justice with the pen, the lens, the brush, the voice, the body, and the imagination. The artivist knows that to make an observation is to have an obligation.
Protest art is the creative works produced by activists and social movements. It is a traditional means of communication, utilized by a cross section of collectives ...
In her 1970 book Meaning and Expression: Toward a Sociology of Art, Hanna Deinhard gives one approach: "The point of departure of the sociology of art is the question: How is it possible that works of art, which always originate as products of human activity within a particular time and society and for a particular time, society, or function -- even though they are not necessarily produced as ...
For months after George Floyd was killed by police in May 2020, people from around the world traveled to the site of his murder in Minneapolis and left signs, paintings and poems to memorialize ...
Founder members of Mavo were Murayama Tomoyoshi, Oura Shuzo, Yanase Masamu, Ogata Kamenosuke, and Kadowaki Shinro.The group expanded quickly between young artists. During a 1923 demonstration, Takamizawa Michinao, one of the members of Mavo, threw rocks in protest, through a glass ceiling of a building housing an exhibition of artworks curated by Nika-kai (The Second Society).
The Black Lives Matter movement has been depicted and documented in various artistic forms and mediums including film, song, television, and the visual arts. In some instances this has taken place in the form of protest art (also referred to as activist art or "artivism"). [1]
“When you’re at an art event, the personal is political,” she said. “Life is real. It’s happening constantly. It’s not going to take a break for an art fair.”
Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority. Stirling: AK Press. ISBN 978-1-904859-32-1. Antliff, Allan (2007). Anarchy and Art: From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Arsenal Pulp Press. ISBN 978-1-55152-218-0. Bruns, Gerald (2006). On the Anarchy of Poetry and Philosophy: A Guide for the Unruly. Fordham University Press.