Stories of Resistance examines the myriad ways in which resistance takes form across the world. Through the perspectives of an international array of artists working across a full range of media, the exhibition sheds light on the situations from which acts of resistance emerge. Featuring a diverse body of work, the exhibition nonetheless identifies several themes and motifs that recur across history, cultures, and regions. Resistance may be found in the rewriting of history, exposing or filling in the blatant absences left out of the dominant narrative. Resistance emerges from within governmental, corporate, or institutional structures and systems of power. Resistance takes shape in labor movements and in actions to protect water, land, and other natural resources. Migration, movement, and exile—most often depicted as acts of desperation—are here shown as acts of agency in the face of persecution, oppression, and inequality.
Stories of Resistance
- Institution
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
- Grant Cycle
- Fall 2019
- Amount
- $75,000
- Type of Grant
- Exhibition Support

Banu Cennetoğlu, "Gurbet’s Diary
(27.07.1995–08.10.1997)," 2016–17. 82,661 words from
Gurbet’s Diary. I Engraved My Heart into the Mountains by Gurbetelli Ersöz in mirror image, 107 days, and 145 press-ready lithographic limestone slabs displayed on two painted iron shelves. Courtesy the artist and
RODEO. Installation view, documenta 14, Gennadius
Library, Athens, 2017.

Candice Lin, "On Being Human (The slow erosion of a hard white body)," 2018. Pit-fired ceramics, welded metal frame, wooden
structure, plastic tubing, fired ceramics, unfired porcelain, glass
distillation system, hot plate, plants, dried mushroom (grown from
the care and distilled urine of Occidental students), welded metal,
plastic buckets, pumps, timers. Dimensions variable. Courtesy
the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles. Photo: Ian
Byers-Gamber.

Guadalupe Maravilla, "Disease Thrower #2," 2019. Mixed
media. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Chris Carter.

Jen Liu, "Pink Slime Caesar Shift," 2018. 4K video (color, 2-channel sound). 24:21 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam.

Tuan Andrew Nguyen. "The Boat People," 2020.
Single-channel video, 4k, Super 16mm transferred to digital (color, 5.1 surround sound). Produced by Bellas Artes Projects and James Cohan, New York.
Courtesy the artist and James Cohan, New York.
1987
On February 22, 1987 Andy Warhol died unexpectedly from complications following routine gallbladder surgery at the age of 58.