Protest art
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Protest art refers to the signs, banners, and any other form of creative expression used by activists to convey a particular cause or message. Often such art is used as part of demonstrations or acts of civil disobedience. Some key icons in protest art have been the dove, the peace symbol, and taunting messages.
Protest art relies on people's understanding of the symbols used in the art. Without understanding the piece is useless.
There are many politically-charged pieces of fine art - such as Picasso's Guernica, some of Norman Carlberg's Vietnam-era work, or Susan Crile's images of torture at Abu Ghraib - which could perhaps be termed "protest art", except that they lack the easy portability and disposability often associated with protest art.
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- Muller, Mary Lee ; Elvehjem Museum of Art. Imagery of dissent : protest art from the 1930s and 1960s : March 4 - April 16, 1989, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, Wis. : The Museum, ©1989) ISBN 0932900208 (exhibition devoted to two periods of intensely political protest art: the Spanish Civil War and America's Vietnam War)
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[edit] "Street" protest art (in the context of activism, demonstrations, etc.)
- Hand-held signs are the primary medium in protest art
- Creativity and humor are often evident in street protest art - as with these "TV-headed" activists
- Scene from a piece of political performance art (from digitaljournalist.org)
[edit] Examples of political protest in fine art
- Vietnam-era antiwar piece by Norman Carlberg
- Susan Crile artworks based on images of torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq
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