Tag Archives: social/political art

Martha Rosler

Saddam’s Palace (Febreze)
2004
Image copied from gregcookland.com
From Rosler’s website:
“Martha Rosler is an artist who works primarily with images and texts. Most of her work concerns social issues, which are manifested at sites as various as the kitchen, the television set, the streets and the transport systems. Rosler’s career retrospective, ‘Positions in the Life World,’ was exhibited [...]

Ben Turnbull

“Ben Turnbull is fascinated by the global dominance of American culture, and his works unsettling effects result from re-presenting the toys of our innocent youth in symbolic forms that reveal theshocking truths about war, death and guns in the world’s most powerful country.” copied from http://www.whokilledbambi.co.uk/2009/10/ben-turnbull/

Riitta Ikonen

Riitta Ikonen uses costume, photography and performance to make commentary on issues such as “the effects of global warming and the changing environment around us”.
www.riittaikonen.com