When They Close A Pit

Alison Alder

When They Close A Pit

Alison Alder (Creator)

Research output: Non-textual form › Physical Non-textual work

Abstract

See you at the barricades calls attention to a dissident aesthetic emerging in contemporary art. Increasingly, artists are adapting images of 20th-century protest movements, using flags and banners, and re-enacting historical protests. The imagery on display here is wide-ranging, from brightly coloured posters created by the Guerilla Girls and Redback Graphix to historical videos and elegiac meditations of romantic dissident figures. Through the prism of the Gallerys collection, this exhibition asks whether contemporary art remains in itself a form of dissent or whether its become a form of nostalgia that valorises the past.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Sydney, NSW Australia
Publisher	Art Gallery of New South Wales
Size	Screen print on paper, 74.2 x 49.3cm
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	See you at the Barricades - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Duration: 30 May 2015 → …

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When They Close A Pit

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