Research on Subversive Art

"On that note, here are some things that rarely count as subverting a system anymore in their own right: getting naked for a performance piece (in America, at least), photographing n**e women’s bodies that conform to mainstream beauty standards, making sculptures out of illicit drugs (see: Damien Hirst above), working with bodily excrement, and creating anything to do with Tinder or Grindr. That’s not to say that these ideas can’t be incorporated into a thoughtful and provocative piece, but these once-shocking-but-now-kind-of-cliche elements alone do not a subversive artwork make."

How To Tell If Your Subversive Artwork Is Really That Subversive Here's your handy guide to separating the shock from the schlock.

Art is powerful when it confronts power.

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Russian Artist Sets Security Service’s Door on Fire In his latest act of protest, Pyotr Pavlensky set fire to the entrance of Russia’s Federal Security Service and was charged with vandalism.

"Welcome to The Militant Research Handbook! It’s designed to help you answer the question: what is militant research? Let’s begin by saying that it’s the place where academia and activism meet in the search for new ways of acting that lead to new ways of thinking."

The Militant Research Handbook | Now! Visual Culture Welcome to The Militant Research Handbook! It’s designed to help you answer the question: what is militant research? Let’s begin by saying that it’s the place where academia and activism meet in the search for new ways of acting that lead to new ways of thinking. Native American activist Andrea Smit...

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