Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D gallery,
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, 2012
Included artists: R.Black, Emory Douglas, Shepard Fairey, Forkscrew Graphics, Coco Fusco, Mark Tribe, Tzortzis Rallis and Lazarous Kakoulidis, Edgar Orlaineta, Andrea Salvino, and Jeff Widener, and features graphic work from the Mexican student movement's in 1968
Solidarity: a Memory of Art and Social Change examines images in contemporary and historical art and design that are instrumental in communicating a common desire for social change; and thus, may lead to creating political cohesion.
The exhibition engages symbols and iconography from political, revolutionary, and radical movements that have made themselves visible in society since the 1960’s. These have encompassed from the Civil Rights, The Black Panthers Party, anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, the Mexican student revolt in 1968, and anti Iraq War protests. Also, the images that stem from the last year younger wave of citizens’ organizations -such as the Occupy Movements in the United States and the United Kingdom, and Yo soy # 132 (I am # 132), which bring up local issues tied to financial affairs, and corporate control of mass media – are put forward creating a dialogue with the historical materials.
Including a range of media from photography, stencil, poster art, newspapers and video, the art work included in Solidarity raises questions about the role of the arts in recent political and social movements and discussions, as well as about how images and icons change in form and content, as well as in terms of dissemination platforms, in response to current events and technological developments.
Included artists: R.Black, Emory Douglas, Shepard Fairey, Forkscrew Graphics, Coco Fusco, Mark Tribe, Tzortzis Rallis and Lazarous Kakoulidis, Edgar Orlaineta, Andrea Salvino, and Jeff Widener, and features graphic work from the Mexican student movement's in 1968
