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mararararosa · 5 months

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little illo for an anarchist queer ecology zine

#queer artist #queer ns/fw #nonbinary artist #queer art #trans art #art zine #queer ecology #lgbt art #anarchism #activist art #illustration #ns/fw #mararosa

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liberaljane · 4 months

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Black Futures Matter

Digital illustration of a large diverse group of Black people of different ages, genders, sexualities, and ability. The color palette is orange and green. Text reads, 'Black futures matter.'

#black lives matter #racial justice #black history month #art #feminism #social justice #activist art #large group

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incorrect-anatomy · 2 months

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Bring Her Back

This piece is particularly about Ashley Loring Heavyrunner, a member of the Blackfeet Tribe, who has been missing since 2017. Her family is still looking for her and we cannot let cases like hers die. Here is the fbi page if anyone can provide any information in helping find her

She is not the only one. Native women experience the highest rates of violence in the United States. We need to keep fighting for these women because their lives matter. They are living breathing humans and deserve to be more than a statistic

#mmiw #mmiwawareness #ashley loring heavyruner #missing and murdered indigenous women #art #watercolor art #watercolour #activist art

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arthistoryanimalia · 10 months

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A second and very different piece from the Brooklyn Museum for #CephalopodWeek:

Jesse Krimes (b. 1982) Blackwater, 2021 Assorted textiles Brooklyn Museum

“To counter the dehumanizing isolation of incarceration, Jesse Krimes works collaboratively with currently and formerly incarcerated individuals to create artworks out of old clothing and textiles that evoke memories of home. The artist developed his own practice while serving a six-year prison sentence. In this work, Krimes regards the tentacled animal as "a panoptic state of surveillance" and alludes to the eugenic and white supremacist ideas embedded in American zoology. The title, Blackwater, refers to a prison in Florida.”

#animals in art #contemporary art #American art #21st century art #octopod #cephalopod #quilt #textiles #activist art #Brooklyn Museum #Cephalopod Week #animal holiday #museum visit

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danneroni · 25 days

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Happy TDOV 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ Jesus loves the gays, in fact...

#tdov #tdov 2024 #trans pride #trans rights #iconography #activist art #religious art #god is trans #queer artist #queer art #gore art #body horror #occult #macabre

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jareckiworld · 3 months

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Glenn Kaino — The Last Kabuki (cotton, thread, wood, metal, 2023)

#Glenn Kaino #japanese american contemporary art #activist art #kabuki theatre

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reasonsforhope · 5 months

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Catherine Borowski has always had an active imagination. As a child, she dreamed that the car park on her north London council estate would be transformed into a garden. The reality was quite different. “No one had a car, so it was empty, grey and depressing,” she says. Now a sculptor and event producer, Borowski has made it her mission to fill unloved urban spaces with flowers – albeit virtual ones.

She and her partner Lee Baker are the founders of Graphic Rewilding, a project to install huge nature-inspired artworks into the urban landscape. “Where real rewilding isn’t possible, our goal is to inject the colour and diversity of nature into rundown spaces, urging people to notice – and find joy in – the world around them,” says Baker.

The pair believe that flowers possess serious powers, even when they’re not real. “We know that spending time in nature is good for us, but studies show that even pictures of plants have a positive effect on the mind,” says Baker. He cites research published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, which found that imagery of plants in hospital waiting rooms can help reduce feelings of stress in patients.

Baker, a painter and music producer, has long understood the benefits of biophilic design. Having suffered a breakdown 10 years ago, he found that drawing flowers was the only way to soothe his buzzy brain. “I would set out to draw dystopian landscapes, representative of my state of mind, but I’d always end up drawing flowers, which uplifted me,” he says.

It was around this time that Baker met Borowski, joining her production company as creative director. The pair have collaborated ever since, launching Graphic Rewilding in 2021. Since then, they’ve installed floral murals at locations including Earl’s Court station, Lewes Castle and Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherd’s Bush – all hand drawn by Baker. “We love galleries, but we focus on public art,” he says. “This way, our work is out there for everyone to enjoy.”

This year the pair have grand plans to create a series of stained glass pavilions (think greenhouses with colourful floral-themed panels), which they hope might find homes at Kew Gardens and the Eden Project. “The way light shines through the glass is magical,” says Borowski.

Even so, they concede that art is no match for Mother Nature. “Some people have suggested that our project detracts from real rewilding efforts. But both can co-exist,” says Borowski. “Of course we want more green spaces.” adds Baker. “But we aren’t gardeners. We’re artists. In the absence of nature, we want to create inspiring spaces through art.”

Overall, the response has been hugely positive. “The joy that these artworks bring is palpable,” says Baker, highlighting an early project in Crawley, West Sussex. “Many people in the town were employed by Gatwick airport and Covid had taken its toll,” he recalls. In a bid to spread some joy, the duo painted brick walls, billboards, benches and even bins with their signature floral flair. “Peoples’ reactions were heartwarming. There were so many smiling faces,” he says.

Elsewhere, in Earl’s Court, the pair transformed “a ratty piece of tarmac” into a modern-day pleasure garden, which is now often filled with children dancing and doing cartwheels on the way home from school. “Putting art into a place that previously felt unloved feels like cultivating joy where there was none,” reflects Borowski. “If something like this had been installed on my estate when I was a kid, it would have been a dream come true.”

-via Positive.News, November 6, 2023

#art #public art #mural #muralart #street mural #muralpainting #england #rewiliding #solarpunk #evidence based #stained glass #glass art #activist art #good news #hope #positive psychology #london #uk #public housing

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smocah · 11 months

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#original art #horror art #activism #feels pretentious to tag as activism but Idk how else to tag it aaaaaa #feminist art #activist art

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hannahgoodall · 2 years

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Hong Yi-chen, Guo Yi-hui, and Zheng Yu-di, ‘Polluted Water Popsicles’ graduation project

#artist #construction #art #protest #design project #pollution #popsicle #polluted water #design #activism #activist art #collection

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pagansphinx · 7 months

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Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990) at his Pop Shop in SoHo • 1986

Tseng Kwong Chi / Muna Tseng Dance Projects Inc./The Keith Haring Foundation

"You don't have to know anything about art to appreciate it. There aren't any hidden secrets or things that you're supposed to understand."

#art #painting #activist art #keith haring #american artist #street artist #street art #new york city #graffiti art #graffiti artist #pop art #art history #muralist #public art #lgbtq+ artist

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agirlnamedbone · 11 months

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Sister Corita Kent // 1969

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liberaljane · 4 months

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💜 silence is violence

Digital illustration of a group of people walking with their back to the viewer. There’s a brown woman in the middle turning around with text on her sweater that reads, ‘if you’re neutral in situations of injustice,you have chosen the side of the oppressor’ by Desmond Tutu

#art #feminism #feminist #illustration #feminist art #drawing #activism #activist art #desmond tutu #injustice #resistance

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fiddleheadfinn · 5 months

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Ireland 🫱💗🫲 Palestine. The Claddagh symbolizes love, loyalty, and friendship. Today I’m extending these hands in solidarity with Palestine, along with so many Irish people back at home and around the world. The destruction of Gaza will never bring peace. We call for ceasefire, decolonization, and freedom for all people.

#free palestine #irish artist #ireland #illustration #activist art

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abwwia · 1 year

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Barbara Kruger (USA, b.1945)

Untitled [Your body is a battleground - Support Legal Abortion -Birth Control and Women's Rights] 1989, Postcard

#barbara kruger #art by women #feminist art #activist art

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divinationdrawings · 5 months

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If you have a cell phone, you might be carrying a piece of the Congo, which is in crisis. Donate your time by spreading awareness! Donate relief with the IRC link or another charity, I would love to know if anyone has a particular favorite NGO charity to promote for the Congo!

#ngo donation #ngo #congo #free congo #congo crisis #congo genocide #democratic republic of the congo #dr congo #the congo #activism #activist art #political art #neocolonialism #cell phone #charity #donations #fundraising #crowdfunding #raise awareness

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jareckiworld · 10 months

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Gavin Jantjes — Untitled II (from “Korabra” series) [acrylic, sand, tissue paper and pigment on canvas, 1986]

#Gavin Jantjes #south african art #anti-apartheid #activist art

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