SCHIRN MAG had a chat conversation with visual artist Adelita Husni-Bey about political art, pedagogical methods, and her painting “The Sleepers”, which her uncle in Benghazi made a protest poster of.
The small green dot that implicates that the other person is online extinguishes and Adelita Husni-Bey is gone. I open “The Sleepers” in a new tab, stare at the mysterious scene enfolding on the screen for a while, and start writing about our conversation so the reader can follow along and maybe think about their own subjectivity for a while.
New strategies for political art – Part II
Following the first article on political art, Part II deals with sit-ins, political posters and other forms of protest in art from 1968 until today.
PHYLLIDA BARLOW
New strategies for political art – Part I
Politically committed art as we know it today would be almost inconceivable were it not for the events that took place around 1968. We too, so we are...
History as a fetish
History lives on in memories – and is narrated and interpreted by each generation anew. With “The Record Archive”, artist Dani Gal presents a section...
I am a political artist!
The artist Nasan Tur, born in Offenbach in 1974, lives and works in Berlin. SCHIRN MAG talked to him about the role of political art, the developments...
Exploring spatial limits
Wooden stakes sprinkled in paint and a sea of colorful banners currently rise up in the SCHIRN rotunda. “Untitled: 100banners2015” by artist Phyllida...
Championing democracy
SCHIRN MAG met Italian professor Donatella della Porta from Scuola Normale Superiore to talk about the dynamism of social protests and the bliss and...
The Art of Investigation
Investigative methods are not only limited to journalistic, forensic or judicial investigation proceedings, but also encompass the sphere of art....
Talkin' 'bout a revolution – Part 2
The artist Katie Holten lives and works in New York, where SCHIRN MAG has paid her a visit. In Part 2 of the series she talks about tireless protests,...
AHMET ÖGÜT
Power to the People – Soundtrack
The soundtrack to the POWER TO THE PEOPLE exhibition at the SCHIRN includes songs dating from 1937 to the present day, with artists ranging from...
Talkin’ ‘bout a revolution – Part I
The SCHIRN MAG visited artist and activist Katie Holten at her New York studio to talk about tree drawings, powerful women and living in NY. Her...
DANI GAL
The DNA of protest movements
Wolfgang Kraushaar is a political scientist who has been conducting research for decades on the protests of 1968, radicalization, and the Red Army...
Power to the people – from the 1960s to today (Part 2)
Prominent figures like musicians John Lennon and James Brown, or computer specialist Ted Nelson, have made the political slogan “Power to the People”...
Power to the People - from the 1960s to the present
“Power to the People” is a slogan that reverberates time and again, used by civil rights movements all over the world.
Power to the People
Starting March 21, 2018, the Schirn presents an extensive exhibition on the political art of the present day. It questions phenomena of and potential...