Title: Protest art - Wikipedia
Headings: Protest art
Protest art
Contents
History
Activist art
Historical basis in art and politics
Strategy and practice
Ongoing Activist Art
Resistance art
Collections
See also
References
Further reading
External links
"Street" protest art
Political protest in fine art

Content: Protest art also includes (but is not limited to) performance, site-specific installations, graffiti and street art, and crosses the boundaries of Visual arts genres, media, and disciplines. While some protest art is associated with trained and professional artists, an extensive knowledge of art is not required to take part in protest art. Protest artists frequently bypass the art-world institutions and commercial gallery system in an attempt to reach a wider audience. Furthermore, protest art is not limited to one region or country, but is rather a method that is used around the world. There are many politically charged pieces of fine art — such as Picasso 's Guernica, some of Norman Carlberg 's Vietnam war -era work, or Susan Crile 's images of torture at Abu Ghraib . Contents
1 History
2 Activist art
2.1 Historical basis in art and politics
2.2 Strategy and practice
2.3 Ongoing Activist Art
3 Resistance art
4 Collections
5 See also
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
8.1 "Street" protest art
8.2 Political protest in fine art
History
It is difficult to establish a history for protest art because many variations of it can be found throughout history. While many cases of protest art can be found during the early 1900s, like Picasso's Guernica in 1937, the last thirty years has experienced a large increase in the number of artists adopting protest art as a style to relay a message to the public. Protest art against SOPA
Digital billboard in Manchester UK displaying protest art by Martin Firrell
A piece of protest art featuring a parody of the logo of the NBA. As awareness of social justices around the world became more common among the public, an increase in protest art can be seen. Some of the most critically effective artworks of the recent period were staged outside the gallery, away from the museum and in that sense, protest art has found a different relationship to the public.