Art for the Future

In the early 1980s, a group of artists, writers and activists came together in New York City to form Artists Call Against US Intervention in Central America, a creative campaign that mobilised nationwide in an effort to bring attention to the US government’s violent involvement in Latin American nations such as Nicaragua and El Salvador. This title illuminates the history of Artists Call with archival pieces and newly commissioned work in the spirit of the group’s message.Together the group staged over 200 exhibitions, concerts and other public events in a single year, raising awareness and funds for those disenfranchised by such political crises. In Spanish and English, a wide selection of artists and organisers examine the group’s history as well as the issues that were as urgent to Artists Call in 1984 as they are now: decolonisation, Indigeneity, collectivity, human rights and self-determination. Artists include: Antena Aire, Benvenuto Chavajay, Leon Golub, Hans Haacke, Fredman Barahona & Christian Dietkus Lord, Sandra Monterroso, Carlos Motta, Claes Oldenburg, Gregory Sholette and Coosje van Bruggen, Maria Thereza Alves, Sabra Moore, Jerri Allyn, Dona Ann McAdams, Rudolf Baranik, Susan Meiselas, Alfredo Jaar, Martha Rosler, Jesús Romeo Galdámez and Jimmie Durham."
ISBN 9781941753392. Inventory Press/Tufts University Art Galleries. pb. 288 pages. 125 colour ills. 21 x 25 cm.
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