Art and Politics

 Contact: Susan Platt [email protected] 

Exhibition  “Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis”

Artist Reception Wed April 6, 5-8PM Exhibition dates April 4 – May 6, 2011

M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Seattle Central Community College

Gallery Hours 9:30-3:30 PM M-F and 5PM – 7PM Tuesday and Wednesday

1701 Broadway Seattle 98122

BE 2116

Contact information at gallery, Ken Matsudaira, 9:30 – 12 m – Thursday

Phone 206 344 4379

Artists include ( if no location is given, the artist is based in Seattle) : Cecilia Alvarez, Backbone Campaign, Kim Berman (South Africa), Claudia Bernardi ( San Francisco), Marita Dingus, Daniel Heyman (Philadelphia, see image), Deborah Lawrence, Zhi Lin, Celia Munoz (Dallas), Larissa Sansour (Palestinian lives in Copenhagen and London), Tanis S’eiltin (Bellingham), Roger Shimomura (Lawrence, Kansas), Ellen Sollod, Maki Tamura, Gail Tremblay, Selma Waldman, Dean Wong, Flo Wong (Sunnyvale, California).

 

Art Exhibition  “Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis”

Artist Reception Wed April 6, 5-8PM Exhibition dates April 4 – May 6, 2011

M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Seattle Central Community College

Gallery Hours 9:30-3:30 PM M-F and 5PM – 7PM Tuesday and Wednesday

1701 Broadway Seattle 98122

BE 2116

Contact information at gallery, Ken Matsudaira, 9:30 – 12 m – Thursday

Phone 206 344 4379

Artists include ( if no location is given, the artist is based in Seattle) : Cecilia Alvarez, Backbone Campaign, Kim Berman (South Africa), Claudia Bernardi ( San Francisco), Marita Dingus, Daniel Heyman (Philadelphia, see image), Deborah Lawrence, Zhi Lin, Celia Munoz (Dallas), Larissa Sansour (Palestinian lives in Copenhagen and London), Tanis S’eiltin (Bellingham), Roger Shimomura (Lawrence, Kansas), Ellen Sollod, Maki Tamura, Gail Tremblay, Selma Waldman, Dean Wong, Flo Wong (Sunnyvale, California). 

 

The opening will feature a short presentation by the curator, Susan Noyes Platt, author of Art and Politics Now, Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis, (Midmarch 2011) as well as brief remarks by artists who are present. The book is available to buy at Elliott Bay Books and will also be available at the exhibition. All of the work in the exhibition is discussed in the book, as well as the work of 80 other artists from countries around the world.

 

The book Art and Politics Now begins with the anti WTO demonstrations in 1999 in Seattle and concludes with reference to the BP Gulf oil spill in the spring of 2010. Topics include opposition to war, terrorism, racism, borders, and the violation of the earth. It ranges from the art of street protest to the work of gallery artists and finally the international art scene with a special emphasis on Turkey and the Middle East. It examines individual artists, collectives, curators, and exhibitions as political endeavors and includes media ranging from street puppets to oil paintings.

 

Art and Politics Now and the exhibition “Cultural Activism in a Time of Crisis” reveals the power that artists have to make a difference when they choose to thoughtfully engage with the concerns of the world.