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The Problems and Pleasures of an Activist Art Exhibition

Avatar photo by Billie Anania March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

I am often skeptical of protest art behind glass, yet I still cannot deny the pleasure of experiencing politically charged artworks in a venue making the effort.

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Dread Scott Celebrates a Long-forgotten Rebellion as a Moment of Resilience

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael November 17, 2021November 18, 2021

Merging past and present Scott magnifies what has been reduced in American history to a plaque on a highway.

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Marches Can Only Come and Go: The Reality of Dread Scott’s “Slave Rebellion”

by William C. Anderson November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

In highlighting a neglected piece of history that struck fear in the hearts of white enslavers, Scott made a statement about who gets to mine our history, simultaneously prompting questions about intentions, impact, and praxis.

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Dread Scott’s “Slave Rebellion” Promises an Empowering Take on the Historical Reenactment Trope

by William C. Anderson November 7, 2019

In 1811, hundreds of enslaved people marched through Louisiana chanting “freedom or death.” While their oft-forgotten journey ended in massacre, artist Dread Scott spent six years organizing a reenactment to celebrate the legacy of their courage, to be staged November 8-9.

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What Revolution Might Look Like

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

This show is different from many of the previous at the 8th Floor gallery precisely because it is so intertwined with the theme of voices and their sounds.

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A Famous Anti-Slavery Speech Finds New Life in Brooklyn

Avatar photo by Deena ElGenaidi April 10, 2019

“A Time for Seditious Speech” aims to show that speech can serve as a call to direct action, sometimes even violence.

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Dread Scott Reenacts a Slave Revolt to Radically Reconsider Freedom

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney November 17, 2017November 17, 2017

Scott’s project reenacts the 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave revolt in North American history.

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The Political Problems of the Contemporary “Flâneur”

by Meredith Sellers May 17, 2017

An exhibition at the Barnes Foundation uses the theme of the contemporary flânuer to draw connections to its 19th-century collection, but the concept is deeply muddled.

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A Showing of Art World Solidarity on Inauguration Day

by Andrew Weiner January 30, 2017February 4, 2021

Far from serving as an excuse for self-pity or left melancholy, the Occupy Museums event was an effective counter-inaugural: a ceremony marking a wider commitment to shared struggle.

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Dread Scott Discusses Controversial Lynching Banner that Sparked Threats

by Claire Voon July 21, 2016July 27, 2016

For one week, the monumental flag bearing the text, “A MAN WAS LYNCHED BY POLICE YESTERDAY” flew outside Jack Shainman Gallery’s West 20th location as Dread Scott’s unfortunate update to the nearly identical one the NAACP once flew outside its Manhattan headquarters.

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“A Man Was Lynched by Police Yesterday” Flag Goes Up in New York City

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian July 8, 2016July 8, 2016

This week, we’ve witnessed another onslaught of senseless killings of Black people by police in the United States.

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Brooklyn Museum’s Activist Art Show Is a Messy Collision of Curation and Politics

Avatar photo by Tiernan Morgan February 10, 2016February 29, 2016

Agitprop! ought to be an outstanding exhibition of politically engaged art. A feverish amalgam of historic and contemporary artwork, the exhibition is undermined by an ambitious but poorly executed curatorial strategy.

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