dudewheresmycat:

sergeantqueer:

final for my 2D foundation class.
i wanted to approach the issue of society vilifying women for their sexual decisions.
things may or may not change before i print them on sunday, idk. 

this. is brilliant, i mean on a completely different level of brilliant. The idea is so blunt but so positive to what woman should think and i really really like this.

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eaedwards:

Laurie Anderson.  

Anderson photographed men who called to her or whistled her on the street.  In her artist statement she writes about one experience:

“As I walked along Houston Street with my fully automated Nikon, I felt armed, ready. I passed a man who muttered ‘Wanna fuck?’ This was standard technique: the female passes and the male strikes at the last possible moment, forcing the woman to backtrack if she should dare to object.  I wheeled around, furious. ‘Did you say that?’ He looked around surprised, then defiant. ‘Yeah, so what the fuck if I did?’ I raised my Nikon, took aim, and began to focus.  His eyes darted back and forth, an undercover cop? CLICK.”

Anderson takes the power from her male pursuers, allowing them nothing more than the momentary fear that their depravity has just been captured in a picture.

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diresultan:

These posters can be seen all over the different Palestinian camps of Lebanon. The text reads الشعب يريد العودة إلى فلسطين which translates to: The people want to return to Palestine. The imagery is powerful and the black and white artistry adds to the emotions of the faces and flags. 

The artist’s name is Daniel Drennan and the posters were made as a part of the Return to Palestine Project. This link has more information about the project as well as more sizes and downloadable versions of all the posters he made. 

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http://www.jamaalyad.org/MAIN/PRJT/PRJT_3AWDE/

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jetlifeblog:

The Art of Paul Kuczynski. This is the best series I’ve seen from an artist in awhile. Each painting is rich with symbolism and political justice.

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emeraldtriangleprincess:

so there’s a lot of beautiful Rosie the Riveters out there, and I’ve compiled a set of them, so we can appreciate them all together :)

ps I don’t know the artists or women depicted for most of these, so if you have info, let me know and I’ll add it!

1. original print (J. Howard Miller)
2. Sabina England (artist and portrayal)
3. unknown
4. Kelly Rowland (portrayal); Derek Blanks (photographer)
5. Guatelmalan Woman of Quetzalteca Especial (artist: Mario Lanz)
6. unknown
7. Roshan the Riveter (artist: Omid Hast)
8. Latina Rosie the Riveter (artist: my-little-native)
9. Robert Valadez (artist)
10. unknown

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azaadi:

I am Baghdad

I am often asked about my feelings regarding the war in Iraq. My response, inevitably, is reflective of my own experience growing up in Baghdad. I’m aware that other Iraqis hold different feelings based on their own backgrounds and socio-economical, religious and educational influences. In this series I attempt to convey those various feelings by placing myself in their shoes and walking their path.

I view the portraits as interviews, wherein Baghdad citizens express their feelings about post-occupation Iraq. The portraits are all tightly shot and so close-up that you have no choice but to listen to what they have to tell you. The faces are the same since they are united in nationality and under the same umbrella of circumstance. Yet each is representative of different slices of Baghdad’s social and political system.  

The layers of calligraphy that are imposed on the faces express the individual feelings of each person. It is up to you to interpret those feelings. 

- Ayad Alkadhi

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