Federal Art Project; Art and social action; Politics in art
This thesis project exhibition brought together Works Progress Administration prints
from the University of Louisville collection, as well as the University of Kentucky Art
Museum and Murray State University. The thirty-three works were...
Authors, South African--20th century; South Africa--In literature; Protest literature, South African (English); Mphahlele, Es'kia, 1919-2008. Down Second Avenue; Dikobe, Modikwe, 1913- Marabi dance; Mda, Zakes. Madonna of Excelsior; Mhlongo,...
Through content analysis of Ezekiel Mphahlele's Down Second Avenue,
Modikwe Dikobe's The Marabi Dance, Zakes Mda's The Madonna of Excelsior,
and Niq Mhlongo's After Tears, this study compares the themes of pre- and post-
1994 South African township...
Feminism in art; Art, Mexican; Women in art; Art and society--Mexico
This dissertation outlines a theoretical model for contextualizing contemporary
women's art practice in Mexico within the profound socioeconomic and political events
that have taken place since 1968, characterized by the steady breakdown and...
A display featuring two figures hanging from gallows staged in front of the Humanities Building on the UofL's Belknap campus. There are pictures of men -- presumably executed by the Iranian regime -- by the gallows, as well as banners behind and...
Four men in suits and ties watch the demonstration march that kicked off a three day Environmental Teach-In sponsored by the University of Louisville on April 9, 10 and 11, 1970. A protest sign reading"give earth a chance" is visible in...
Black Student Union (University of Louisville); Student movements; Crowds; Police; University of Louisville--Students
Police officers and a dark-shirted man look into the open door of Gardiner Hall. Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and some of their supporters occupied the administrative offices of the College of Arts and Sciences, located inside Gardiner...
Black Student Union (University of Louisville); African American college students; African Americans; Students; University of Louisville--Students; Activists
A group of African-Americans stand in front of Gardiner Hall. A white hand holds up a sign, "Black rights mean everyone's rights." Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and some of their supporters occupied the administrative offices...
Activists; Black Student Union (University of Louisville); University of Louisville--Students; Police
Police carrying demonstrators into transport vehicle. Police officers and news people are gathered around. Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and some of their supporters occupied the administrative offices of the College of Arts and...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Civil wars; War; Politics & government; Political issues; Dictators; Nazis; Fascism; Civilization; Bombings; Military tactics; War destruction & pillage; Death; Dismemberment; Body parts; Mental states; Despair;...
"In this monumental work of 1937, Guernica, Picasso combined Analytic and Synthetic Cubist forms with several traditional motifs, juxtaposing them in a new Surrealist way. The combination serves the political message of the painting - namely,...
Portrait of Bishop H.P. Almon Abbott wearing clerical robes with a cross around his neck and ring on his left hand. Top right of picture is flawed. Handwritten on image back of image: Associated press photo from New York. Bishop of Lexington,...
A group of women protest in front of a brick building under construction. One sign reads ""Telephone workers on strike."" Text in bottom right corner: Raymond Dial Bldg. Louisville, KY. April 15, 1947.
Buildings; Streets; Old South Meeting House (Boston, Mass.); Historic buildings
Old South Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts. The tall red building has a spire on top and a clock on the side. Other buildings and the street are also visible; there are cars in the street and pedestrians on the sidewalk. Text printed on verso...
Student movements; Activists; Students; Black Student Union (University of Louisville); University of Louisville--Students
A female protester walks out of the offices of the College of Arts and Sciences into the waiting crowd of onlookers, police and the media. Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and some of their supporters occupied the administrative offices of...
Photographs; Composite photographs; Montages; Justice; Social justice; Social values; Economic & social conditions; Moral & ethical aspects; Ethics; Alcoholism; Men; Sleeping; Artists; Sculptors; Photographers; Heads (Anatomy); Faces;...
"Gilbert and George's presence in their photo-works can be seen as an extension of their early performance activities. They often stand apart from the other imagery in the pieces as though acknowledging the artifice involved. Moral conundrums...
"This is an early example of Buren's use of stripe motifs in a public context. He has continued the practice to the present. For instance, in 1997 in Munster, Germany, his contribution to a festival of site-specific sculpture consisted of...
"This is an early example of Buren's use of stripe motifs in a public context. He has continued the practice to the present. For instance, in 1997 in Munster, Germany, his contribution to a festival of site-specific sculpture consisted of...
