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A protest art exhibition has opened at Glasgows Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum featuring three striking portraits, the faces partly obscured by black paint. All three paintings represent lives that have been devastated by the climate crisis in countries around the world. The painti...

Indiana State Museum Exhibits Protest Murals The Indiana State Museum will feature six murals painted by Indianapolis artists. “RESPONSE: Images and Sounds of a Movement” are expressions its creators hope will spur conversation about how and why last year’s social and racial inequity protests occurred in downtown Indianapolis. Curator Kisha Tandy said interviews with the artists contributed to the collection’s uniqueness. “Within those interviews, they talk about their creative proces...

Voina, Pussy Riot, And Petr Paavlensky Voina, Pussy Riot, And Petr Paavlensky 387 Words2 Pages While taking the course, Contemporary Russia, we discussed Protest Art and specific artists who share their beliefs with the Russian people through art to expose their worldviews. Protest Art plays a major role in Russia revealing how corrupt and brutal the government operates. We focused on contemporary artists including Voina, Pussy Riot, and Petr Pavlensky because they are willing to risk their saf...

/ Brian William Haw lived for almost ten years in Parliament Square. He was a thorn in the flesh of the British establishment and became a symbol of the anti-war movement against the conflicts first in Afghanistan and then Iraq. An evangelical Christian, he’d served in the Merchant Navy, worked as a removal man and had a wife and seven children, whom he left to set up his protest in 2001. A one-man political protest, his camp and banners were erected on the grass in Parliament Square, creati...

Most nights since a coup returned Myanmar to military rule on Feb. 1, a spectral symbol of protest has glowed on a mildewed side of a building. Where the next illumination will appear in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, is a mystery. But, suddenly, a projected image appears in the dark. Three fingers raised in a rebellious pose. A dove of peace. The smiling face of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose government was ousted in the army putsch. The projections are the brainchild of a filmmaker who wi...

Artwork courtesy of Rhiannon Reddoor. contributed / Kain Brauneis A simple stroke of a horse-hair brush can be an act of protest. Subtle clicks within an illustration suite can produce a form of resistance and power — especially in the midst of the previous, often controversial, presidential administration.   Two UM students have used art to shed light on issues that became painfully apparent during the term of the last president. Now, with a new administ...

Dancer Mandeep Raikhys The Secular Project explores secularism as a cultural practice through bodily rituals On the road for the past three weeks, with a dusty car for company along with two cloth banners in English and Hindi asserting SECULAR INDIA/ धर्मनिरपेक्ष भारत, Raikhy states that his journey is a search for a secular ritual for the body, in a country fractured along communal lines. Ra...

Stills from Mikhail Karikis Children of Unquiet (2013-14) - Credit: Mikhail Karikis This January, THG will dedicate its main gallery space to a film by acclaimed Greek-British artist Mikhail Karikis.  ‘Mikhail Karikis - Children of Unquiet (2013-14)’ was created with a group of forty-five children living in Devil’s Valley in Tuscany, a volcanic landscape and home to the world’s first geothermal power station.  The area has recently become depopulated following the automation of the pr...

from dallas, texas. we have a couple of things going on here. obviously health concerns over the people in richmond, california, near that refinery fire plus the financial hit were all going to take if gas prices spike make above $4 a gallon. >> it has been going on for several weeks now. you blinked and it seems like you missed it. over the course of the last month or so gas prices have gone up about 30 cents, the national average now $3.66 a gallon, up about 30 cents and in the last ...