Current exhibits
After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy
A Skirball/CAAM Collaborative Presentation
November 19, 2009 - March 7, 2010
After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy illuminates how the events and actions of 1968 ignited progressive social change and helped to initiate political policies that radically reshaped American culture. Conceived by the High Museum of Art as a companion to its Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 exhibit, which will be concurrently on view at the Skirball Cultural Center, After 1968, features recent and newly commissioned works of art by a group of young, emerging artists and collectives, all born in or after 1968. They include Deborah Grant, Adam Pendleton, Jefferson Pinder, Nadine Robinson, Leslie Hewitt, Otabenga Jones and Associates, and Hank Willis Thomas. Challenged to explore new contexts for interpreting the civil rights era, the artists processed the information through their own experience and created projects in all media that speak to realities of today. While exploring the continuing relevance of progressive social change, the artists addressed such topics as racial identity, commodity culture, American violence, and political agency. As part of the Skirball/CAAM collaboration you are encouraged to visit the Skirball Cultural Center to view their exhibits Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968, Breach of Peace: Photographs of Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge and An Idea Called Tomorrow-2.
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Sampling of Works To Be Displayed (Mouse over images and click for larger image.)
