Informing, Persuading, Provoking: Artivism part II
Kehinde Wiley: "Positioning Black Men in the field of Power"
"We Love Peace" 2007, Oil on Canvas 177 x 144inches
See More of his work HERE
Zanele Muholi: Photographer, Her work focuses on race, gender, and sexuality documents South Africa's black, gay, transgender, and intersex communities
Bester I, Mayotte, 2015
Bester V, Mayotte, 2015
Read and See more at the links below
"In my world, Every human is Beautiful"
Emi Mahmoud: Poetry as a tool for Change
On Education At the United Nations
"A boy in the Sand"
"Mama"
Telling the Story of Darfur
More about her WORK HERE
More POETRY HERE
Ai WeiWei: From Art21: "Human rights activist, provocateur, and dissident... infuses his work with political conviction, personal poetry making use of recognizable historic Chinese art forms in a critical examination of contemporary Chinese political and social issues." READ FULL bio at ART 21
"Forever Bicycles" at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum
"BANG"
More of AiWeiWei's work on WikiArt
A photograph of Breonna Taylor (victim of police violence), projected onto the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee who fought for slavery, in Richmond Virginia.
The statue is one of the last two standing symbols of slavery.
Full Article in the New York Times HERE (includes 24 other activist artists)
Andrea Bower's Rowhouse
Rick Lowe was making large-scal painting inspired by the poverty and inequality he saw around Houston's Third Ward, but then a student asked him "If you're and Artist, why don't you come up with a creative solution to the problem?" Project Rowhouse was born, transforming old rowhouses into affordable housing and artist studios.
