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Stories of Resistance

Institution
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Grant Cycle
Fall 2019
Amount
$75,000
Type of Grant
Exhibition Support
Website
camstl.org/exhibitions/stories-of-resistance ↗

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.


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.
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Philip Johnson commissioned Warhol to make a large-scale work for the exterior for his pavilion for the New York World’s Fair, along with other artists. Warhol’s provocative response, a multiple portrait of ‘Most Wanted Men’ was installed a few days before the opening but was deems too inflammatory and contrary to the upbeat image of the World’s Fair and the work was taken down.

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