SCHIRN MAG had a chat conversation with visual artist Adelita Husni-Bey about political art, pedagogical methods, and her painting “The Sleepers”, which her uncle in Benghazi made a protest poster of.
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The small green dot that implicates that the other person is online extinguishes and Adelita Husni-Bey is gone. I open “The Sleepers” in a new tab, stare at the mysterious scene enfolding on the screen for a while, and start writing about our conversation so the reader can follow along and maybe think about their own subjectivity for a while.
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New strategies for political art – Part II
Following the first article on political art, Part II deals with sit-ins, political posters and other forms of protest in art from 1968 until today.
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PHYLLIDA BARLOW
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New strategies for political art – Part I
Politically committed art as we know it today would be almost inconceivable were it not for the events that took place around 1968. We too, so we are...
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History as a fetish
History lives on in memories – and is narrated and interpreted by each generation anew. With “The Record Archive”, artist Dani Gal presents a section...
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I am a political artist!
The artist Nasan Tur, born in Offenbach in 1974, lives and works in Berlin. SCHIRN MAG talked to him about the role of political art, the developments...
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Exploring spatial limits
Wooden stakes sprinkled in paint and a sea of colorful banners currently rise up in the SCHIRN rotunda. “Untitled: 100banners2015” by artist Phyllida...
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Championing democracy
SCHIRN MAG met Italian professor Donatella della Porta from Scuola Normale Superiore to talk about the dynamism of social protests and the bliss and...
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The Art of Investigation
Investigative methods are not only limited to journalistic, forensic or judicial investigation proceedings, but also encompass the sphere of art....
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Talkin' 'bout a revolution – Part 2
The artist Katie Holten lives and works in New York, where SCHIRN MAG has paid her a visit. In Part 2 of the series she talks about tireless protests,...
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AHMET ÖGÜT
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Power to the People – Soundtrack
The soundtrack to the POWER TO THE PEOPLE exhibition at the SCHIRN includes songs dating from 1937 to the present day, with artists ranging from...
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Talkin’ ‘bout a revolution – Part I
The SCHIRN MAG visited artist and activist Katie Holten at her New York studio to talk about tree drawings, powerful women and living in NY. Her...
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DANI GAL
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The DNA of protest movements
Wolfgang Kraushaar is a political scientist who has been conducting research for decades on the protests of 1968, radicalization, and the Red Army...
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Power to the people – from the 1960s to today (Part 2)
Prominent figures like musicians John Lennon and James Brown, or computer specialist Ted Nelson, have made the political slogan “Power to the People”...
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Power to the People - from the 1960s to the present
“Power to the People” is a slogan that reverberates time and again, used by civil rights movements all over the world.
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Power to the People
Starting March 21, 2018, the Schirn presents an extensive exhibition on the political art of the present day. It questions phenomena of and potential...