Art World Mobilizes....

Artnet News
8/5/04
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ART WORLD MOBILIZES FOR PROTEST
With the 2004 Republican National Convention rolling into Madison Square
Garden, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, the largely Democratic art world in New York is
mobilizing for an esthetic response. Photographer Larry Finks satire of
the Bush administration, "The Forbidden Pictures, A Political Tableau" at
powerHouse Gallery in SoHo, opened six weeks ago [see "Weekend Update,"
July 20, 2004]. Herewith, a selection of forthcoming exhibitions, at
venues ranging from major museums to artists bars:

* Freedom of Expression National Monument, Aug. 19-Nov. 13, in Foley
Square in downtown Manhattan. An oversized red megaphone, originally
designed 1984 as a platform for public expression by Laurie Hawkinson,
Erika Rothenberg and John Malpede, is sited in a plaza by the Federal and
state courthouses. The installation is sponsored by Creative Time and the
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

* Propaganda Hospitality Suite, Aug. 21-Sept. 4, at Luxe Gallery, 24 W.
57th Street. "Pre-convention revelry" featuring appearances by Axis of
Eve, Billionaires for Bush, Armed Artists of America and more, in a show
organized by the U.S. Department of Art & Technology, including staff
artists Mark Amerika, Lynn Hershman, Gregory T. Kuhn and others. For more
info, see www.usdat.us

* AmBush! Aug. 24-Sept. 18, at Van Brunt Gallery, 819 Washington Street.
"The message of this exhibition is simple: Bush must go!" Works by Enrique
Chagoya, Critical Art Ensemble, R. Crumb, Joan Fontcuberta, Leon Golub,
David Humphrey, Jon Kessler, Norm Magnusson, Ben Neill, Guy Richards Smit
and many others.

* WAR! Protest in America, 1965-2004, Aug. 26-Oct. 24, 2004, at the
Whitney Museum of American Art. A program of films about the Vietnam War,
including works by Emile de Antonio, Stan Brakhage, Jean-Luc Godard, D.A.
Pennebaker, Carolee Schneemann and Paul Sharits, plus two contemporary
films about protest against the current U.S. war in Iraq. The film series
is organized by curator Chrissie Iles and artist Sam Durant; for tickets
call 1-800-Whitney. Also on view is "Memorials of War," an exhibition of
pworks from the collection from the 1960s to the present.

* Watch What We Say, Aug. 26-Sept. 2, at Schroeder Romero, 173A N. 3rd
Street, Brooklyn. "Pressing political issues of the moment in poetic,
subversive, emotional and clear-eyed terms," via works by Robbie Conal,
Emily Jacir, Joy Garnett, Ann Messner, William Pope.L, Krzysztof Wodiczko
and 15 other artists, in a show organized by Marc Lepson.

* A More Perfect Union, Aug. 29-Sept. 12, at Max Fish, 178 Ludlow Street.
Protest posters by Cecily Brown, Gary Panter, Fred Tomaselli, Futura and
many others covering the walls of the popular Lower East Side art bar, in
a show organized by Downtown for Democracy. Originals are to be sold for
$200 (or less); five works are to be made into large-edition silkscreens
and distributed. For more details, [email protected]