Speak Out: Art, Design & Politics
November 1–December 20, 2008
Curated by Abby Goldstein
A provocative two-floor exhibition featuring artists from across
the country and the world who are not afraid to speak out. In the past,
the power of print was enormous; people could be jailed for what they
said, performed or put in print, and this is still true today in a few
countries. In our present culture we are bombarded by a plethora of
messages that jostle for our attention and flood our eyes and ears
through print, performance and the media. This exhibition showcases
artists and designers who have taken on the challenge of creating
socially and politically charged messages that are responses to and
meditations on injustices and atrocities around the globe.
Mitchel Ahern
Laurie Anderson
Art the Vote
Jesús Barraza
Frank Baseman
Michael Bierut
Matthew Bindert
Bread & Puppet Theatre
Burning Books
Bunny Burson
Melanie Cervantes
Sue Coe
Willie Cole
Patricia Dahlman
Michael Dal Cerro
Eileen Doktorski
Steven Elliott
Milton Glaser
Joan Iversen Goswell
Guerrilla Girls
Deborah Harris
Kit Hinrichs
John Hitchcock
Tom Huck
Susan Kendrot
Jeff Krueger
Lillian Lee & Neha Motipara
Marc Lepson & Dread Scott
Christina Marie Marsh
Chaz Maviyane-Davies
Margaret McCarthy
Dylan A.T. Miner
Mark Newport
Harry Pearce
Artemio Rodriguez
Favianna Rodriguez
Augustine Romero
Christy Rupp
Joe Scorsone & Alice Drueding
Ken Solomon
Think Again
Gerrit Van Ness
Michelle Waters
Joel-Peter Witkin
Elizabeth White