Unfortunately, the role of art in the political arena can sometimes serve a divisive purpose, and it is art that brings us together that is truly beautiful. Annette Blum discusses the interface between art and political activism. We make connections between artists and activists and discuss how they embrace the unknown and challenge existing social norms.
It is therefore only natural to admire artists of the past who have used their craft to make a political statement, and therefore to admire them for their political activism. Art takes influences from everything in the world, politics, money and more.
Famous street artist BANKSY's entire career has been revolved around tackling politics and social issues using his art. Other art students have been attracted to use their voices to speak out against those they disagree with. More political art is exhibited and exhibited at fairs today than in previous years.
by: Cleon Peterson
If artists feel the need to create more political works in response to current events, collectors may feel more inspired to buy.
One side of the story refers to the fact that historical projects in museums have been called into question in the absence of a positive concept of humanist culture. What has changed is the role of museums in cultural expression and their role in political art. Judging by cultural expressions, it is not clear what role museums should play in the branding of a city.
I am not suggesting that there should be a criterion for the effectiveness of political art, but that art and political activism should give museums something to do and claim. There is no doubt that we should move towards political art, and there are many reasons for this, such as the need for a strong cultural identity.
What I mean by that is that if political artists want to change the world, they have to think about what they want to achieve with their work. If a critic wants to seriously question and evaluate a work, he or she must behave differently. The critic must question the political objective and ask whether the artist has succeeded.
by: Banksy
Many times artists set out to raise awareness of social problems or political issues, but they aim briefly and aim to intervene only in the context of their own personal lives or the lives of others.
Many artists who work in the visual medium of politics are of the opinion that politics is about action and change in society. Many professional politicians are actually represented, but I believe that there is no such thing as politics and not really doing politics. It has been stated that in order to represent the political, one has to act politically.
The view of what makes art political can range from "art is political" (i.e. art that implicitly supports or explicitly rejects the status quo) to "political art," pointing, for example, to the obviously political mural on a wall in Belfast as an example. Political art works, but it does not remain at the level of association or graphic memory. Viewing political art in three categories (portrait, promotion and projection) suggests that the former is narrowed down and the latter expanded.
In the first category, Portrayal includes art that says something about what is to happen, whether it is happening now or what has happened in the past.
This kind of art describes what people find themselves in because of social and political structures. Art is part of its political context, especially in times of social change and crisis.
by: Shepard Fairey
Not every art is so clearly politically motivated, and not all artists are so determined to see their art as part of the political system. Moreover, not every political art need be about resistance, revolution, or change. Some political arts are about maintaining the status quo, such as the art of the anti-war and anti-war movements.
Many art presentations are overtly politically charged and aim to evoke anger that shows contempt for the political climate. Protest art and marches are a good example of how protest art is a powerful artistic path that has symbolically represented political attitudes over the years. Political art can also revolve around political issues such as the Occupy Wall Street movement and the anti-war movement.
by: Alec Monopoly
While modernist and anti-modernist critics have always used the term negatively, Rivera, Siqueiros, and Orozco have gone so far as to take the word. Although they never used it, they believed that art should have a direct political and social function, and although they never used it themselves, both Rivera and Siquierros-OroZco believed in the idea that it should be used for political purposes.
David Shapiro describes social realism as socialist politics and writes that "social realism sought to use art to protest and dramatize the oppression of the working class, which artists saw as the result of their own political beliefs and actions. Social realism was defined as the role of art in life that emerged in the mid-1930s.