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MasterPeaces: High Art for Higher Purpose

Posted June 4, 2009 by jmacphee in Events

This just in from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics out in Los Angeles:

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MasterPeaces:
High Art for Higher Purpose
June 6 - 27, 2009

DaVinci Gallery
Los Angeles City College
855 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
323.953.4000

Gallery Hours: Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 12 – 4 pm

From Dada to Punk, from anti-war movements to feminism and ecology, high art has been repeatedly incorporated into a visual language that ranges from the iconoclastic to overt protest. MasterPeaces shows how works by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Picasso, Warhol and many others have been parodied, appropriated or altered to make statements about a variety of contemporary issues.

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 6 12 – 4 pm

Symposium: Saturday, June 20, 2009 2-4 pm
The Center for the Study of Political Graphics, students and faculty in the Designing the Political course at Otis College of Art and Design, will discuss the dialogue between the original art and the contemporary protest poster.

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