Art

Hanh Thi Pham, Outlaw Leadership, and the Role of Art

“Photographic installation artist” Hanh Thi Pham, as described by Elaine Kim in “‘Bad Women’: Asian American Visual Artists,” demands to be seen. Her artist statement, which is currently cataloged in Japan’s Fukuoka Art Museum, positions…

Gilbert & George

Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore met at Saint Martin’s College in 1967 and have been working together as the artist Gilbert…

Chaotic Yet Serene: David Wojnarowicz’s Confrontations with Death and Sorrow

I. “Realizing that I have nothing left to lose in my actions I let my hands become weapons, my teeth become weapons, every bone…

Public, Purposeful, Political: Gran Fury.

Gran Fury is most associated with ACT UP and AIDS activism in the ’80s and ’90s. Their bold and brash artistic style became seen as the ACT UP artistic style. Their most associated design is the iconic pink triangle with the words “Silence = Death”…