Art that resists
Work from Emory Douglas, Riot Grrrl, Gran Fury, Samizdat, and Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.
Image 1: A newspaper back cover / poster from Emory Douglas, Revolutionary Artist and Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, 1967-1979.
Image 2: A zine produced as part of Riot Grrrl, a meeting of feminist punk bands and teenage girls around the country, 1990-1996.
Image 3: A poster from Gran Fury, the group of artists powering ACT UP from 1987-1992.
Image 4: A copy of the Chronicle, the collection of underground news and publications in the Soviet Union called “Samizdat.” 1968-1982.
Image 5: A missive from The Soldier with No Name, a fake German dissenter created by Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore during Nazi occupation. It reads: “Hitler leads us / Goebbels speaks for us / Goering eats for us / Let drinks for us / Himmler? Himmler murders for us / But nobody dies for us!”
Episodes of The Art of Resistance premiere September 1! Season 1 includes episodes on Emory Douglas, Riot Grrrl, Gran Fury, Samizdat, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, and more.