Barbara Kruger, cover for New York Magazine (November 2016)
In the first 24 hours following Donald Trump’s election as the next president of the United States, the response among many who’d hoped and voted for a different outcome was mostly numbing and immobilizing shock. But in the following 24 hours, shock turned turned to anger and determination, a galvanizing desire to fight for change and a better world than the one that President-elect Trump plans to create. Tens of thousands took to the streets around the country, many concerned citizens planned actions and events in the days, weeks, and months to come, and many artists went back to making art — saddened, certainly, but also emboldened rather than defeated.
Christina Massey
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The Illuminator
— The Illuminator (@illuminator99) November 10, 2016
Bill Adams
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Sam Vernon
Knowledge is a prescription against despair
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Liana Finck
Molly Crabapple
Charles Lutz
“The End is Here” Oil on canvas 48 x 48″ 2016
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David Shrigley
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Jason Polan
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Elbow Toe
Alex Nuñez
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Tauba Auerbach
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Hardy Stewart
Make America Hate Again ???? #imwithhurt
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Sam Moyer
Julia Oldham
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Fanny Allié
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Steve ESPO Powers
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Zoe Buckman
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Will Pappenheimer
@DemosPopuli – http://www.lanfrancoaceti.com/2016/10/demos-populi/
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Hope Gangloff
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D*Face
The circus has arrived and we’re all going… like it or not.
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Lee Russell
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Liz Glynn
apparently progress is not a given #staringintotheabyss … and it’s in fact reversible.
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Wangechi Mutu
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Brennen Bechtol
i approve of this message #trumpisafartface
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The Moving Company
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