Week 2

In this artwork, you can see a lady sitting on a bed with her legs open. As she is holding her legs open, she looks sad due to her about to get an illegal abortion. Looking at this makes me feel sad for her because anything can happen during this process and from her surroundings, I can tell she’s not at a hospital. Also, if it were a doctor performing the procedure, she would still be nervous but not sad because she has somebody trustworthy to do it. You can tell by this portrait it’s highlighting the fear and danger of an illegal abortion. I also chose this portrait because a woman I wasn’t in her position, but I can just feel for her. Still to this day, we are being told what we should do with our bodies when they shouldn’t have a say.

 

An Introduction to Activist Art

“Activist art is a powerful tool.”

-          Like how it’s stated in the article it can “challenge racism, sexism, authoritarian regimes, or war. These are things society ignores. It can communicate and tell us about past stories or what is happening now and how we should fight for change.

“Activist art is to create awareness.”

-          A lot of people are not educated on much stuff that happens around the world. It’s either they turn a blind eye or events aren’t made known. When people look at these political and social issues through art it can open their eyes more about things and hopefully, it can help them to fight for a change to prevent another issue.

Why Artistic Activism?

“Artistic activism stimulates a culture of creativity.”

-          I agree with this quote because you would be able to produce many ideas when everybody thinking, drawing, and writing out their ideas. When you plan everything out you may produce more ideas that would help other issues that are going on.

“Artistic Activism is about the long game.”

-          People have speeches and always talking but that doesn’t mean it’s going to stick within somebody’s mind. That’s why Artistic Activism is about the long game.” With art, it would always be there, and it would always be talked about years after it was created. It will still have people wanting to keep fighting for a change year later if a change wasn’t made.

8 Artists Using Their Creativity to Drive Activism

“The world is a canvas waiting to be painted with unity”-Yoko Ono

-          I agree with Yoko the world is full of conflicts but if we all come together to fix these issues there would be unity. However, everybody trying to do their own thing instead of trying to fix the issues we have. So, the world is going to continue to be that “canvas waiting to be painted with unity.”

“Their art goes beyond reflection; it is a mirror demanding recognition, acceptance, and equality for the LGBTQI+ community.”

-          We at a century where people are coming out and showing who they are. However, many people don’t accept the LGBTQI+ community. They don’t even look at them as people which is sad. Which may make a person feel worthless. What this artist is doing is trying to make the community more seen and seen as regular people.