Archives for posts tagged ‘activism’

Amanda Curreri

Amanda Curreri Work from COUNTRY HOUSE_ at Romer Young Gallery. “Curreri currently resides in a purple state in a city imprinted with the socio-geography of American racism. Cincinnati, OH is nestled along the Ohio River, which in antebellum times signified the dividing line between the North and South. Teaching and making art in this context […]

Pedro Reyes

Pedro Reyes Work from Disarm at Lisson Gallery. “Pedro Reyes’ work is a socio-political critique on contemporary society and our responsibility towards it. His projects are catalysts for communal and psychological transformation, triggering group interaction and creativity. The exhibition at Lisson Gallery includes musical instruments created from firearms, including revolvers, shot-guns and machine-guns, which were crushed […]

Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei Work from Study of Perspective. [petition for Ai Weiwei’s release] “…Each picture show the artist’s hand making a one-finger gesture, again rude, at a variety of places familiar and unfamiliar. The equal-opportunity dissing encompasses power sites like Tiananmen Square and the White House, but also, intriguingly, Long Island City, Queens. Together with the […]