We discuss the flurry of political and activist activity related to the art world from 1960 through the seventies and eighties. Examples includes the Feminist and Black Power movements as well as the more philosophical actions of the Situationists.

1. Culture as a Weapon:
Art & Politics

2. Andy Warhol, Birmingham Race Riots, 1964

3. Guy Debord, Psychogeography of Paris, 1957

4. Asger Jörn, Top of the World, 1960

5. Jamie Reid, Sex Pistols Poster, 1976

6. Joseph Beuys, 7000 Oaks Project, 1982

7. David Hammons, America the Beautiful, 1968

8. Betye Saar, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972

9. Leon Golub, Mercenaries I, 1976

10. Leon Golub, Interrogation II, 1981

11. Robert Colescott, GW Carter Crossing the Delaware, 1975

12. Robert Colescott, Eat Dem Taters, 1975

13. Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1974-79

14. Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1974-79

15. Hannah Wilke, SOS Starification Series, 1974

16. Hannah Wilke, Intra-Venus, 1990-93

17. The Guerilla Girls

18. The Guerilla Girls, Advantages, 1985

19. The Guerilla Girls, Met Museum, 1986

20. Jenny Holzer, Truisms, 1977-79

21. Jenny Holzer, Truisms, 1977-79

22. Barbara Kruger, I Shop Therefore I Am, 1987

23. Barbara Kruger, Your Body is a Battleground, 1987

24. David Wojnarowicz, Speechless (Still from “Fire in My Belly”), 1987