Title: Activist Art: Art That Works | Helen Klebesadel: A Muse and Her Artist
Headings: Activist Art: Art That Works
Activist Art: Art That Works
Effective activist art:
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Content: Effective activist art: • Is “real world oriented” and is likely to contain a critique of the larger world or the art world and its conventions, criteria or values, rather than private, aesthetic and aimed at transcending the real world. This extends to the use of materials and subject matter that have historically been excluded by the dominant conventions of the art world. Subject matter will address the concerns of real women and men’s lives and the materials used will refer to the same. There are many environmental artists working in this way. A few can be found in WEED, the Women Environmental Artist Directory. • It is process oriented rather than product or object oriented, and aimed at effecting the lives of the people that participate in the project, not just effecting a separate audience through aesthetics. To be valued for more than how much it is worth. It cannot be bought or sold. Lilly Yeh’s Barefoot Artists brings the transformative power of art to the most impoverished communities in the world through participatory and multifaceted projects that foster community empowerment, improve the physical environment, promote economic development, and preserve and promote indigenous art and culture.