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€˜!’ 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 12” x 12” 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.

the Artist

Μύ

Angie Eng, artist, shown holding one of the wooden plaques in front of the Museum of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅. The date shown on plaque is January 22, 1973. This date signifies the supreme court case Roe V Wade
is an intermedia artist and educator who works in experimental video, socially engaged art, conceptual art, and time-based media. Although trained as an abstract painter she moved in 1993 to New York City to experiment with art forms that include technology. During that early period of her career, she became known as part of the downtown electronic arts scene of the 1990s.She has received over fifty grants, commissions, and residencies and has presented her work worldwide. She has 20 years of experience in art education, designing and implementing art programming in human service organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in Kosmorganic aesthetics at CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅. During her time in a small mountain town, she spearheaded a cultural community arts leadership organization, Creative Catalyzers. She currently teaches at NYU Tandon Integrated Design and Media department and is working on her teaching methodology book, The Integral Lab, to enhance community, creativity, and compassion in the fractured classroom.