Paper Politics at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Posted January 7, 2008 by colin_matthes in Events
Here are a few images from the Paper Politics exhibit in Whitewater, WI (October 18- November 17, 07). I have been working there part time and was consistently blown away by how many people were at the show, taking notes, and spending a lot of time with the work.
I would stop in the gallery a few times a week and there were at least 10-15 people viewing the show at all times.
Paper Politics had such a dramatic impact on a number of the students I spoke with.
Below are a few words from the gallery about the show:
This exhibit has been organized by Josh MacPhee and will showcase print art that uses themes of social justice and global equity to engage community members in political conversation. The exhibit has been displayed in other venues across the country, but will be augmented by regional artists for the exhibit here. Because of its accessibility and reproducibility, activists have long used print art as a communication tool in struggles for freedom and social equality. The bold graphic qualities made possible by printmaking techniques are used to communicate with and educate broad audiences all over the world.
The hand-printed works in the show speak of matters that are vital to understanding the world today. Some of the subjects include opposition to war, solidarity with struggles around the world, destruction of the environment, corporate control, police brutality, homelessness, and gender inequalities.
This is the seventh stop for Paper Politics, originally showing at the In These Times space in Chicago in 2004 and traveling to Seattle, Brooklyn, Portland, and Montreal over the past three years. The show’s organizing method draws upon do-it-yourself culture, and like a band on tour, it travels becoming a networking device that connects different artists and communities who were previously unaware of each other’s work. The show was most recently on display at the Walker’s Point Center of the Arts in Milwaukee.
The gallery will also present a second component of the exhibit; a juried show of political prints by Milwaukee area artists curated by Nicolas Lampert, Colin Matthes, Tamiko Dargan, and Raoul Deal and a juried selection of works by UW-Whitewater students selected by printmaker Lisa Hecht, a faculty member at UW-Milwaukee and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, whose work is featured in the show.
This last image is of the local UW-Whitewater component of the show.
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Yeah!i too agree with your word that paper politics had dramatic impact on a number of the students . Mr. Josh MacPhee had organized the exhibition very attractively and also, he teach us some of the new issues which is going around in the society.
Posted by: shiny at August 13, 2008 3:02 AM