When Artists Speak Truth... Exhibition Opening
Thursday, November 12, 2015
6 to 8pm
[Image Description: An installation photograph of a wall of posters with several graphics and words.]
When Artists Speak Truth…, was on view from November 12, 2015 to March 18, 2016 and conceived as a multi-vocal dialogue about how artists contribute to specific political transformation – from Soviet Russia to U.S. presidential elections – and have helped shape an expanded and more nuanced understanding of human rights and social justice over several decades.
Drawing from multiple generations and artistic sensibilities, featured artists included ACT UP, Shimon Attie, Luis Balaguer, Félix Beltrán, Adigio Benitez, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Matthew Buckingham, Nancy Burson, Yoan Capote, Mel Chin, Emory Douglas, Sam Durant, Dyke Action Machine!, Shepard Fairey, Charles Gaines, Rico Gatson, Guerrilla Girls, Edgar Heap of Birds, Samuel Jablon, Sister Corita Kent, Hew Locke, Raul Martínez, René Mederos, Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Adrian Piper, Favianna Rodriguez, Alfredo Rostgaard, Dread Scott, Andres Serrano, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Jaro Varga.
For more information on the exhibition, please visit here.