The document discusses several artworks that addressed political and social issues such as war, inequality, and environmental issues. It mentions Pablo Picasso's Guernica which depicted the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. It also discusses works by Alfredo Jaar on the Rwandan genocide, Margaret Bourke-White on the 1937 Ohio River flood, and Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party which highlighted famous women throughout history. Mel Chin's Revival Field addressed environmental cleanup at a landfill in Minnesota. Many of these artworks used politically and socially charged subjects to raise awareness and create social change.

1. Art and Politics Reading: Spivey, “Art and Power” Terms/Concepts: power, politics, protest, Key Monuments: Pablo Picasso, Guernica , 1937. Alfredo Jaar, The Silence of Nduwayezu, 1997 (Part of the Rwanda Project 1994-2000) Margaret Bourke-White, Louisville Flood Victims, 1937. Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party , 1974-1979. Mel Chin, Revival Field, Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1990-1993.

2. Vera Mukhina , Industrial Worker and Collective Farm Girl , made for the Paris International Exhibition of 1937.

3. Power vs. Politics Power “ possession of control, authority, or influence over others.” A force One voice determining outcomes and wielding influence. Politics “ Who gets what, when and how.” –Harold Lasswell A negotiation Persuasion Multiple voices competing for influence. How do individual artists gain an influence over social matters?

4. Topics of Protest War Inequality Environment

5. Topics of Protest War Inequality Environment

6. Fransisco de Goya, The Third of May , 1814-1815.

8. Fransisco de Goya, The Third of May , 1814-1815.

9. Pablo Picasso, Guernica , 1937.

10. Guernica

11. The aftermath of the bombing in Guernica, Spain, 1937. Reports of the escalating situation in Spain from French newspaper, L’Humanite, 1936.

12. Pablo Picasso, Guernica , 1937

13. Alfredo Jaar, The Silence of Nduwayezu , 1997 (Part of the Rwanda Project 1994-2000)

16. Alfredo Jaar, The Silence of Nduwayezu, 1997 (Part of the Rwanda Project 1994-2000)

17. Comments by the Artist See Video Below

18. Topics of Protest War Inequality Environment

19. Margaret Bourke-White, Louisville Flood Victims, 1937. 1937 Ohio River flood at the intersection of Barret Avenue and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky. Private citizens brought boats and canoes to support the rescue efforts.

20. The Great Depression

21. Louisville Flood of 1937 70% of Louisville was underwater, leaving over 175,000 people homeless.

22. Margaret Bourke-White, Louisville Flood Victims, 1937. 1937 Ohio River flood at the intersection of Barret Avenue and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky. Private citizens brought boats and canoes to support the rescue efforts.

23. Collaborators on the Dinner Party, 1974.

24. Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party , 1974-1979.

25. Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party , 1974-1979.

26. Judy Chicago, Emily Dickenson Placemat, The Dinner Party , 1974-1979.

27. The Guerilla Girls

28. Guerilla Girls, Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? , 1989.

29. Jacques Dominique Ingres, The Odalisque, 1814.

30. Guerrilla Girls, Advantages of Being a Woman Artist , 1986.

31. Topics of Protest War Inequality Environment

32. Evening Cloud, Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, California, 1934.

33. Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, 1944. “ The National Parks are truly symbolic of America and our national life…The grandeurs and intimacies of Nature as presented here will, I hope, encourage the spectator to seek for himself the inexhaustible sources of beauty in the natural world.” -- Ansel Adams

34. Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, 1942. “ I have been concerned with conservation matters for years, but I find most conservation literature insufferably dull…Something has to be done to interest the average citizen. -- Ansel Adams

35. Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, 1947. It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. -- Ansel Adams

36. Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota. Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1995.

37. Mel Chin, Revival Field, Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1990-1993.

38. Mel Chin, Revival Field, Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1990-1993.

39. Mel Chin, Revival Field, Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1990-1993.

40. Mel Chin, Revival Field, Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1990-1993.

41. Mel Chin, Revival Field, Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1990-1993.

42. Mel Chin, Revival Field, Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1990-1993.