Project: Right On! A Political Art Series
Photo Credits: Megan King, Video Content Specialist CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Center for Humanities & the Arts; , Artist, Student at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅.
Project Description
At the height of the BLM movement and the rise in Asian hate crimes in 2020, conceptual artist, Angie Eng developed her civil rights series β!β Wooden plaques painted in various shades of skin tones contain dates and QR codes. The dates refer to landmark Supreme court cases tracing systemic discrimination based on class, race, ethnicity, gender, and ability. The QR codes lead to a site that describes each court case decision. The form of the 12β x 12β plaque with just a date is an homage to the conceptual artist, On Kawara and his Today Series. Two years later with a Stop Asian Hate initiative by the Center of Humanities at the University of Colorado, ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅, the artist led a political art action through the main street of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ with a group of locals identifying as Asian, or AAPI. Every block they posed in silence for a few minutes as living billboards to transform hate into compassion through education and activism.
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