- 252 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
We Make Each Other Beautiful focuses on woman of color and queer of color artists and artist collectives who engage in direct political action as a part of their art practice. Defined by public protest, rule-breaking, rebellion, and resistance to governmental and institutional abuse, direct-action "artivism" draws on the aims, radical spirit, and tactics of the civil rights and feminist movements and on the struggles for disability rights, queer rights, and immigrant rights to seek legal and social change.
Yxta Maya Murray traces the development of artivism as a practice from the Harlem Renaissance to Yoko Ono, Judy Baca, and Marsha P. Johnson. She also studies its role in transforming law and society. We Make Each Other Beautiful profiles the work and lives of four contemporary artivists âCarrie Mae Weems, Young Joon Kwak, Tanya Aguiñiga, and Imani Jacqueline Brownâand the artivist collective Drawn Together, combining new oral histories with sharp analyses of how their diverse and expansive artistic practices bear important aesthetic and politicolegal meanings that address a wide range of injustices.
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Tradition Born of Women of Color and Queer of Color Arts-Activism
- 1. Artivism Avant la lettre
- 2. From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried: Carrie Mae Weemsâs Challenge to Copyright and Property Law
- 3. âI Just Didnât Feel Safeâ: Young Joon Kwakâs Mutant Salon and the Queer Need for Safer, Thriving Spaces
- 4. âHow Did We Get Here?â: Tanya Aguiñigaâs Art about the Border and Disability Law
- 5. âSo Many Stories Like Thatâ: Imani Jacqueline Brown, Blights Out, and Live Action Painting (2015)
- 6. âWe Wanted to Open Upâ: Drawn Together and Fair Artistsâ Contracts
- Conclusion: An Art Dedicated to Survival: Law, Hope, and the Way Ahead
- Notes
- Index