First Responders
The unfolding story of US Democracy has been a rollercoaster ride for the past week and probably for sometime in the future. Artists—like all citizens--have been shaken and disturbed by immediate events. But rather than remain silent, they are speaking out and reaching out with stirring images that express what words cannot communicate. It is a complicated situation that cannot devolve into a simplistic and dangerous US/THEM analysis. Because after the proposed impeachment, after the inauguration, the divisiveness of this moment may ultimately destroy this country. We at Art at a Time Like This look to artists for solutions and resolutions, not didactic one-liners.
Rather than a “curated” exhibition, it is more important to respond with immediacy, adding new artists each day. This is truly a platform for free expression and we are thrilled that so many artists once again want to post with us as a way of getting their messages out What is truly amazing to us is that artists from the confines of quarantine can connect to the world and perhaps, offer pictures that undermine the images of hate in the news. Art may not be the solution to the fragility of our democracy at this moment, yet artists must be elevated to be first responders, replacing the spectacle of pundits and newscasters, whether we are watching Fox or MSNBC.
LOG (March 22,2019–May 14, 2020) © Roni Horn
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
https://www.hauserwirth.com/
Covid Artifact #333 by James Gouldthorpe
Covid Artifact #332 by James Gouldthorpe
Covid Artifact #329 by James Gouldthorpe
Souvenir, 2020 by Travis Somerville
HR2118, 2020 by Sheida Soleimani
Archival pigment print, 40 x 30 in/102 x 76 cm
Courtesy of Denny Dimin Gallery
"Goddess", by Wang Qingsong
A Woman Speaks: a poem by Audre Lorde: 2 poetry-wrapped stones, left stone: 3 x 5 x 2 inches, right stone: 3.5 x 4.5 x 2 inches, 2020 by Stefana McClure
What Kind of Times Are These: a poem by Adrienne Rich, 2 poetry-wrapped stones, left stone: 2.5 x 5.5 x 3 inches, right stone: 3.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 inches, 2020 by Stefana McClure
The Picture, 2021 by Eileen Myles
Money Shot - Yellow, 2016 by Judith Bernstein
Dread Scott
"We Don't Need No Water, Let the Motherfucker Burn!”, 2021 by Dread Scott
15" x 25”; Pigment print, American flag ashes & charcoal
‘USA SOS,’ 2019 by Holly Ballard Martz
Deconstructed US flag; 2019
‘Triage,’ 2018 by Holly Ballard Martz
found stretcher frame, brass stencils, brass, aluminum rivets
80” x 22” x 6”; 2018
‘Hope’ by Sue Coe
Copyright © 2021 Sue Coe
Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York
MAGA Leaders Prepare to Execute Their Enemies, 2021 by Jenny Polak
ink and gouache on Bristol, 11”x14”
‘Check Mate', 2021 by Pablo Helguera