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Assemblage art by John Robertsonhttp://www.socialpoliticalart.com/

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The Tavern Scene (from The

Rake’s Progress)

William Hogarth, 1732-1734

A collection of paintings

depicting the depraved life and

eventual destruction of a

man without morals

http://www.abcgallery.com/H/hogarth/hogarth10.html

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Johnny Newcombe learns to smoke and drink grog by Thomas Rowlandson, 1780’s

Rowlandson painted shortly after Hogarth and was known for his vicious social satire of the people of his times

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The Third of May 1808by Francisco Goya

Commemorating Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s occupation of Spain in 1808

www.wikipedia.com

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1937- One of the most famous modern works of political art, created in protest to the damage done to the people of Spain during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930’s. It

specifically refers to the slaughter of civilians in the town of Guernica in Spainwww.artcyclopedia.com

Ink and Blood, 1944. Arthur Szyk portrayed himself at his

desk, finishing off a still-struggling Adolf Hitler. Goering, Himmler, and Franco attempt to escape. In the wastebasket are

the defeated figures of Mussolini, Laval, and Petain, whose regimes fell as a result of the Allied invasions. [Gift of

Alexandra and Joseph Braciejowski]

Szyk created many illustrations during WWII, calling attention to

the plight of the Jews in Germany, that appeared in many Aperican periodicalshttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/media_ph.php?

lang=en&ModuleId=10005788&MediaId=3192

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• Death Takes Frida • by Sergio Hernandez• Inspired by a photograph of artist Diego Rivera, kissing his wife

on her deathbed, and portrayed in a style reminiscent of his wife Frida Kahlo’s work

• http://www.chicanarteyque.com/New/new4.htm

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Diego en mi Pensiamento(Diego in my thoughts)

by Frida Kahlo

Referring to her husband (or ex-husband) Diego Rivera and

their stormy relationship

http://www.allposters..com

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Ben Shahn, 1946, CIO (Union) Poster “Register to Vote”www.wikipedia.com

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Fight global warming - send troops to the sun. By John Robertsonhttp://www.socialpoliticalart.com/

“The object of my social political art is not to convince you of my social/political positions. The art is created by me so I may be able to better understand a particular point of view. They are not about you but about me and investigating an idea. So I actually may create a piece with a point of view that may be contrary to what I actually believe. But in this way I get a different perspective on the issue. And - instead of demonizing it I come to a more rounded understanding. I am not clear on my bias but I probably lean toward being a right-winged, social democrat or maybe that should be a left-winged conservative republican. Whatever it is, I don't care. If I did - I'd be doing something a little more active than creating art.”

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• What Prejudice Looks Like

• By Soraida Martinez, 1993

• Creator of “Verdadism”: a form of hard-edge abstraction and consists of two distinct, yet integral parts: the visual component and the written commentary

• www.soraida.com

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• Cyclops• By Steve Shepard www.steveshepardart.com

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• If I don’t do it…• By Marcia Yerman• Gouache on paper• Interesting use of

playing card image (reference to life of leisure?) combined with worries of tasks to be accomplished and sense of personal responsibility

• www.marciagyerman.com

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Installation art by Barbara Kruger

http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/kruger/card2.html

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Two works by Jenny Holzer

www.jennyholzer.com

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Student workHeidi Winner, Leigh High School, San Jose, CA

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/high/Sara-social.htm

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Student Work by Marissa KentLeigh High School, San Jose, CA

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/high/Sara-social.htm

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