LaDuke and Art:21 Multicultural Activism in Visual Arts

Elizabeth Catlett

Sharecropper, 1957-1968

Tired, 1946

Yolanda LopezIn Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe Lopez appropriates several kinds of imagery that are specific to her culture.

•What cultural tropes does she bring into her work?

•What overall emotional impact does the work have?

Yolanda Lopez & Mujeres Muralistas Latinoamerica 1974

Native American Imagery

Buffalo Dance, Pablita Velarde 1937 (mother)

Prayers of a Harmonious Chorus, Helen Hardin (Daughter)

Carrie Mae Weems Kitchen Table Series 1990

Doris Salcedo Untitled 1998, 1995

Doris Salcedo, Atrabiliarios 1993

Jenny Holzer, Survival Series 1986

Holzer’s work is included in the Art:21 episode “Protest.”

•How is a piece like this a protest?

•What do you think Holzer is protesting?

•How does Holzer make words into visual art?

Jenny Holzer

Exhibition: Signs, 1985 Untitled, 1995