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: 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. Activist art
Activist art represents and includes aesthetic, sociopolitical, and technological developments that have attempted to challenge and complicate the traditional boundaries and hierarchies of culture as represented by those in power. Like protest art, activist art practice emerged partly out of a call for art to be connected to a wider audience, and to open up spaces where the marginalized and disenfranchised can be seen and heard. Activist art incorporates the use of public space to address socio-political issues and to encourage community and public participation as a means of bringing about social change. It aims to affect social change by engaging in active processes of representation that work to foster participation in dialogue, raise consciousness, and empower individuals and communities. The need to ensure the continued impact of a work by sustaining the public participation process it initiated is also a challenge for many activist artists.